Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔐 Is “Fern.Dust.Seed58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat#Wheel#Dust35 (b) fernshellmangolamp
- 3.🔐 “Wheel!Lotus!2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatLotusBell77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Nisha!Vine!66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 9.🔐 Is “lotusshipvinelake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Lamp-40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Dust.Cloud.2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite.brick.mango.76 (b) qwerty73
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentlakeplumdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “drum@rain@plum@17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerLampCorn86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipNestMoon25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “boatfrogkite54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Hill#67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Vine.Tiger.Tent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest@Tiger@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “plumshiptentseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand@leaf@moon@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!sand!dust!67 (b) Cloud!42
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 28.🔐 Is “lotuscloudvine49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “brick_toast_mango_79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “frog#pearl#ship#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Lamp!Toast12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “neem-brick-nest-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “Pond-Toast-2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold.Mango.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinebrickcorn20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Vine.Fern.2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Neem72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “shell-drum-wolf-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Tiger-38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 Is “tent@kite@hill@45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- strong
- Boat#Wheel#Dust35
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a name or year
- 12
- 4
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- kite.brick.mango.76
- 1
- strong
- 4
- risky
- 15
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- wheel!sand!dust!67
- 8
- 3
- weak
- 20
- strong
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- 2
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
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