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) rivershellleaflake (b) LeafGoldBrick12
- 2.🔐 Is “Dust-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Chai@Wolf@2015” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Pearl@Lotus@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Cloud#Boat#2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Lotus.2014 (b) WolfRiverMango79
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.Gold.Wheel70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.26 (b) GoldSeedBell10
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@vine@wolf@40 (b) admin57
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “rainneemwolf27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “mangosandfroglamp” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Wheel_42 (b) hill.bell.rain.52
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudsandwheel51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.Cloud.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “nest.frog.cloud.69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick#pearl#frog#54 (b) kitemangodust42
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Kite.Dust69 (b) Iloveyou#Chai52
- 21.🔐 Is “toast@corn@rain@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentdustdrumbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “qwerty37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password@Seed11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Tiger_58 (b) pearl@frog@brick@29
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Qwerty_Plum21” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-wheel-mango-38 (b) Rohan@Lamp@57
- 30.🔐 “brickclouddrumlamp” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Hill!Lake11 (b) Iloveyou!Frog28
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Drum_Fern_Tiger76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusrainbellcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Cloud#28” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou24 (b) Wolf_Drum_Shell13
- 37.🔐 Is “Seed!Brick!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🎂 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Admin!Pond49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- LeafGoldBrick12
- weak
- 10
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- WolfRiverMango79
- 17
- GoldSeedBell10
- corn@vine@wolf@40
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- hill.bell.rain.52
- 16
- 3
- 12
- 4
- strong
- brick#pearl#frog#54
- Corn.Kite.Dust69
- strong
- risky
- 1
- weak
- 4
- pearl@frog@brick@29
- 7
- has a common word
- chai-wheel-mango-38
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Leaf!Hill!Lake11
- 3
- strong
- 18
- shorter than 12
- Wolf_Drum_Shell13
- weak
- others can guess it
- 10
- weak
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