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) VineNestPearl32 (b) iloveyou19
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 3.🔐 Is “Meera2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “drumcloudbrick51” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “welcome31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumCloudNest30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusWolfPond17 (b) lotuswolfvine40
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “tigergolddust13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “CornNestCloud44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “Rohan!Tiger!20” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Toast_2017 (b) Lotus!Tent!Rain52
- 13.🔐 Is “Fern#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoastseed44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Hill!River12 (b) Arjun2010
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “BellBrickSand66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 18.🔐 Is “tent#ship#toast#85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “drumrainmangocorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell-River-Boat15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “rivershipcloudneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “brick!ship!rain!39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “kitewolfdrumfrog” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillpearlbellcloud (b) DustBrickCorn16
- 25.🔐 Is “Plum@32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Corn28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaileafcloud29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!kite!boat!68 (b) hilltentboatlake
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell#Frog#Lake63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Tent69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “password49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mooncloudwolfriver (b) lake!nest!kite!60
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Lake!Hill57 (b) raingoldvinenest
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell@Pearl@Corn60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “bellshippond40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “tentwolflake62” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp-vine-mango-47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- VineNestPearl32
- risky
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 15
- LotusWolfPond17
- 15
- 15
- has a name or year
- 2
- Lotus!Tent!Rain52
- weak
- 2
- Sand!Hill!River12
- 15
- others can guess it
- strong
- 17
- 4
- 18
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- DustBrickCorn16
- weak
- 4
- 2
- emojis
- lotus!kite!boat!68
- 9
- 16
- 3
- 4
- weak
- lake!nest!kite!60
- River!Lake!Hill57
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
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