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 “Lotus#Brick#Rain44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellMangoRiver81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Corn!Cloud74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “shiplotustiger71” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “iloveyou16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “plumtigerdrum67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest.River.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel!Shell!Lake65 (b) Boat@82
- 10.🔐 Is “welcome16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “GoldPlumLake69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 13.🔐 “lotustigerlakeriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain.gold.fern.39 (b) tigertentbrickhill
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake@wolf@rain@47 (b) qwerty47
- 16.🔐 “Moon!72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand!brick!frog!35 (b) Pearl-Shell-2013
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Hill60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Welcome#Rain61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumBrickHill27 (b) Ishaan2017
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf@rain@lamp@21 (b) Diya2010
- 22.🔐 Is “Boat@Rain@2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Vine.49” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn-13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Neem_55 (b) corn@tiger@leaf@69
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusgoldleafseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_Drum_Pearl86 (b) belllakechailotus
- 28.🔐 Is “Seed#Leaf#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud-boat-toast-68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-26 (b) lotus!kite!vine!52
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Drum-25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “tent#river#lamp#21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Mango_Wolf_2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “MangoKiteBoat63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “toastriverhill32” 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
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 40.🔐 “Tiger-52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- strong
- 12
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- 4
- Wheel!Shell!Lake65
- weak
- strong
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- rain.gold.fern.39
- lake@wolf@rain@47
- shorter than 12
- sand!brick!frog!35
- 4
- has a common word
- DrumBrickHill27
- leaf@rain@lamp@21
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 7
- corn@tiger@leaf@69
- 17
- Pond_Drum_Pearl86
- weak
- 19
- lotus!kite!vine!52
- 13
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- 10
- strong
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- shorter than 12
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