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) Admin_Shell72 (b) corn@hill@neem@87
- 2.🔐 “moonshiplamp11” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “chaileafpearl86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 6.🔐 Is “bell#leaf#drum#76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara.Kite.39 (b) ToastFernTiger59
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password35 (b) Moon-Sand-Nest30
- 9.🔐 Is “Lotus-Tent-Mango25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “FernLeafGold49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatGoldCloud18 (b) neemlotuscloud88
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinemoonlamp78 (b) MangoTentWolf89
- 15.🔐 “Wheel@Seed@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 16.🔐 Is “qwerty28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 18.🔐 Is “Dust.42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “ShellCloudRiver86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Ship#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Bell!Corn!Drum17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Nest73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “vinehillbellcorn” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-87 (b) tent!leaf!sand!20
- 27.🔐 “rainkitemoon52” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#River#31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “RainShipLamp54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Admin#Tent89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 Is “welcome46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Corn-11” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 “moonneemship87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “corn@shell@pond@89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Kabir_Frog_23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerWolfRiver21 (b) Tara2012
- 38.🔐 Is “LakePearlGold67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “kite@brick@tiger@48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- corn@hill@neem@87
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- emojis
- 3
- strong
- ToastFernTiger59
- Moon-Sand-Nest30
- strong
- strong
- others can guess it
- BoatGoldCloud18
- 2
- MangoTentWolf89
- has a name or year
- weak
- risky
- weak
- strong
- 8
- 12
- strong
- 14
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tent!leaf!sand!20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- has a common word
- weak
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- has a name or year
- TigerWolfRiver21
- strong
- 19
- weak
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