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) dustgoldpearl34 (b) Tiger@Gold@Boat33
- 2.🔐 “Seed.11” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou31 (b) kite_tiger_moon_25
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldNeemMango34 (b) Brick!River!2010
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-Lamp-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty68 (b) LeafPearlShell13
- 7.🔐 “Drum#31” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2011 (b) SandLampMoon30
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent_Lamp_River41 (b) Ishaan2017
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “HillBrickSeed85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolffernchaidrum (b) GoldNestRiver48
- 13.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Lotus79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “goldlampship78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Neem69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 17.🔐 Is “Diya#Leaf#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus.plum.lake.17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#boat#pond#29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Bell-2014 (b) nest#mango#pearl#82
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya#Bell#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “plumwolffrog67” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest-mango-river-72 (b) Tara2012
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “moonrainshellsand” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.brick.chai.23 (b) Sand_Tiger_2016
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusriverdustshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemCornPlum86 (b) Meera#Bell#16
- 32.🔐 Is “lotushilllamp11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-drum-kite-76 (b) Meera2016
- 35.🔐 “fernnestcloudboat” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel!21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “cloud!brick!hill!50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Toast.Wheel32 (b) plumrainkite52
- 39.🎂 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Tiger@Gold@Boat33
- shorter than 12
- kite_tiger_moon_25
- GoldNeemMango34
- 4
- LeafPearlShell13
- shorter than 12
- 7
- SandLampMoon30
- Tent_Lamp_River41
- 15
- GoldNestRiver48
- weak
- 14
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- 3
- 3
- nest#mango#pearl#82
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- nest-mango-river-72
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- leaf.brick.chai.23
- 19
- risky
- 12
- NeemCornPlum86
- weak
- 3
- dust-drum-kite-76
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- strong
- Lotus.Toast.Wheel32
- others can guess it
- 4
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