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.🔢 How many characters are in “hillcorncloud44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Boat49 (b) Brick-Tent-Sand47
- 3.🔐 Is “Pond@Drum@Gold35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Chai!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Meera@Lamp@48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 7.🔐 “Admin@Vine15” 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.🔐 “froglotuskitelamp” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Bell!Mango30 (b) lotusrivermango86
- 10.🔐 “Rohan-Chai-33” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “drum.fern.toast.32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Tent@42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatDustRiver85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “NestWheelHill50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “pondwolfpearlvine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Gold22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Arjun@Gold@13” 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
- 18.🔐 “Hill#44” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumCornToast71 (b) lakefernmango70
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill#river#lamp#27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerLampFrog59 (b) Sand@67
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera_Pearl_43 (b) hill@cloud@shell@16
- 23.🔐 “kiteneemlotusleaf” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Corn_Toast39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2017 (b) shell_moon_plum_72
- 26.🔐 Is “plum#tent#drum#10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Nest43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “LeafDustBrick29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “moondrumtoastchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔐 Is “DustBellToast41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) river.tiger.mango.38
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-leaf-fern-27 (b) Boat-Sand-2018
- 35.🔐 Is “Meera2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-corn-rain-40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “bellbrickboat28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-tent-pearl-47 (b) brickchaitentfern
- 40.🔐 “Admin#Ship72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- 15
- Brick-Tent-Sand47
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- River!Bell!Mango30
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- 3
- strong
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- PlumCornToast71
- 3
- TigerLampFrog59
- hill@cloud@shell@16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shell_moon_plum_72
- strong
- 15
- 7
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- risky
- river.tiger.mango.38
- kite-leaf-fern-27
- weak
- 12
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- brick-tent-pearl-47
- has a common word
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