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.🔐 “Rohan#Vine#33” 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
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Lotus.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!Leaf!Wheel37 (b) Rain!88
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Lotus_Pearl25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Lamp#52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedcornlotusriver (b) Fern-Chai-Lotus89
- 8.🔐 Is “HillGoldCorn56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Lamp#Ship24 (b) Meera!Shell!71
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 11.🔐 “Letmein.Shell70” 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
- 12.🔐 “Nest!Leaf!2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonShellSeed62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Lamp!Kite!2013” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedTigerBoat71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest-Plum-Lamp33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “mangoplumsandlotus” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusFernChai62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold.corn.mango.63 (b) wheelpearlriversand
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 22.🔐 “Tiger-53” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon#Lake#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “admin82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “gold#drum#pond#23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#Mango#2016 (b) HillFrogShip55
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellMangoRiver26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “toast-moon-drum-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Vine.Tiger.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondRiverShip85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “sanddusttentship” 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
- 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 34.🔐 Is “Lotus.61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonbelldust39 (b) Hill!Vine!River26
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun#Neem#78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-Pond-Neem22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “welcome76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty81 (b) GoldVineLamp17
- 40.🔐 Is “LeafLakeWolf27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 14
- 8
- Gold!Leaf!Wheel37
- 18
- 13
- Fern-Chai-Lotus89
- strong
- Tent#Lamp#Ship24
- 12
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 15
- has a name or year
- 15
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- others can guess it
- gold.corn.mango.63
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- 17
- HillFrogShip55
- 3
- risky
- 18
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- weak
- Hill!Vine!River26
- 13
- 17
- weak
- GoldVineLamp17
- strong
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