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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 2.🔐 Is “Lake.Lamp.Vine78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “LampDustCorn48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Meera.Brick.60” 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
- 5.🔐 “nestleafneem22” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password23 (b) Seed!Plum!Fern28
- 7.🔐 Is “leafrainneemhill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.Corn.2008 (b) BoatLampRain26
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusgoldplumship (b) SandLotusSeed28
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.sand.dust.88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.14 (b) Sand.Lamp.Seed11
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Toast40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Chai-84” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “chaibellmoonmango” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “moon_plum_tiger_73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Kite#Wolf#Plum10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Qwerty_Chai84” 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
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteneemtoastbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl-river-boat-59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Sand_Pond_Pearl12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Aarav2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusfrogplumgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast-87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “pearlshiptoast36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 32.🔐 “rainboatsandwolf” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “VineNeemRiver66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Shell#Boat#Plum68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “DustBellWolf21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldRainRiver44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Password@Cloud75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Mango#16” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai.rain.gold.77 (b) Admin.Pond19
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- 14
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Seed!Plum!Fern28
- weak
- 12
- 2
- BoatLampRain26
- SandLotusSeed28
- 18
- Sand.Lamp.Seed11
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- emojis
- 8
- 17
- 3
- 2
- strong
- weak
- 1
- 8
- weak
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 7
- strong
- strong
- 3
- weak
- shorter than 12
- chai.rain.gold.77
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