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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Pond19 (b) bell-toast-nest-47
- 2.🔐 Is “Boat@Shell@Tent84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 4.🔐 Is “moon-neem-leaf-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Aarav#Nest#19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Welcome!Lake13” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou60 (b) fern-brick-bell-52
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.19 (b) tiger@cloud@pearl@52
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@47 (b) Shell.Fern.Kite80
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentToastLake30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 14.🔐 “pondpearlrainlake” 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
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 16.🔐 Is “raingoldshipneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Kabir-Corn-16” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Rain.25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum.tent.dust.63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “pondshellchai87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemnestcloudleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Lake_32 (b) CloudBellMoon85
- 23.🔐 “Boat-Lotus-2017” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “Letmein-Kite11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedLeafWheel87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “moon-river-tiger-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “pearlbrickboat71” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Sand.76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “wheel_lamp_pond_83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Drum#Pearl#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Rain@77” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentseedfrog36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornVinePlum43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Toast#Lake#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillNestBoat34 (b) Leaf_35
- 37.🔐 Is “password80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Corn16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “tent-chai-shell-87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- bell-toast-nest-47
- strong
- risky
- strong
- others can guess it
- 2
- weak
- has a common word
- fern-brick-bell-52
- tiger@cloud@pearl@52
- Shell.Fern.Kite80
- 3
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- weak
- 1
- CloudBellMoon85
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- 19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- strong
- 9
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 3
- weak
- HillNestBoat34
- weak
- 13
- 7
- strong
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