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 “Nest.Neem.2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “gold@pond@leaf@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Lamp#Nest#Toast15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “qwerty75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “TigerToastShell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!Pearl!Gold57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Plum-52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill@Brick@Chai27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Vine-46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Vine-46” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#74 (b) MangoCloudMoon67
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoPondWheel44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password20 (b) Toast#Vine#Wheel58
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “ship!bell!vine!46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “brickboatwheel13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “LotusMoonNest76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Shell-Rain-2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 23.🔐 “Fern-Tiger-2018” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) ShellLotusBoat46
- 25.🔐 Is “WolfDrumFrog86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Lotus.10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Saanvi2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “ToastKiteTent63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandrivervinenest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern.Mango.Wolf33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Drum-Boat32 (b) Tent-27
- 32.🔐 Is “Bell@Lamp@Hill80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Sand30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum!vine!kite!85 (b) Hill.19
- 35.🔐 Is “Saanvi2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “frog_lamp_drum_15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “rainrivertiger10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav.Gold.88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum@moon@bell@48 (b) Qwerty@Bell22
Answer key
- weak
- emojis
- 2
- 17
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 13
- 4
- 4
- shorter than 12
- MangoCloudMoon67
- risky
- 3
- 16
- Toast#Vine#Wheel58
- 17
- 16
- strong
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- ShellLotusBoat46
- strong
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 1
- 17
- Tiger-Drum-Boat32
- strong
- 4
- plum!vine!kite!85
- weak
- 8
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- plum@moon@bell@48
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