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 “cloud_fern_kite_62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “kitetentship36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Nest-19 (b) tiger@pearl@frog@60
- 4.🔐 Is “Lotus#Sand#2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “admin26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Corn!2011 (b) FernLampBrick31
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.Fern.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “kitebrickcornnest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Ship@River@Leaf30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 13.🔐 “lamptigerneembrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Is “FernShipGold63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plummoonhill40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “Diya_Fern_71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “Sand.Lamp.Corn16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “KiteShipPearl19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Kite-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Brick.Lamp.Gold59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moondustplum38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password88 (b) boat.cloud.brick.23
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_Chai_Mango23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@12 (b) DrumRainRiver36
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampdrumshipsand (b) Boat_Brick_Moon18
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonHillLeaf24 (b) Diya@Leaf@87
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai.Dust.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Brick-2018 (b) KiteLakeMango69
- 30.🔐 Is “Moon_Boat_Dust78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafmoonboatfrog (b) Vine#Rain#Fern29
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Vine22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password47 (b) River-Chai-Plum43
- 34.🔐 Is “Boat_Tent_Frog84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 36.🔐 Is “Letmein_Sand46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Sand@Ship27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudlotustigerwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Arjun-Shell-12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Mango_Vine_Wheel46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tiger@pearl@frog@60
- weak
- weak
- FernLampBrick31
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 2
- strong
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 2
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 14
- strong
- 2
- boat.cloud.brick.23
- 4
- DrumRainRiver36
- Boat_Brick_Moon18
- MoonHillLeaf24
- 2
- 4
- KiteLakeMango69
- strong
- Vine#Rain#Fern29
- 4
- River-Chai-Plum43
- strong
- risky
- weak
- 17
- 1
- weak
- strong
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