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.🔐 “Seed_Boat_2016” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatWheelTent22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornTigerSand57 (b) Boat#19
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldBoatMango48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 7.🔐 Is “Moon@Leaf@Ship41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “Kabir2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Toast73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “ShellMangoCloud50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Mango31 (b) Tent@Pearl@Bell23
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2009 (b) Ship-River-Bell74
- 13.🔐 Is “fern.nest.kite.24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest!Drum!Gold27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumwolfcloudplum (b) Boat.Dust.Wolf17
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@River@2008 (b) shell.chai.moon.34
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein10 (b) Moon_Lake_Chai17
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Toast!Brick29 (b) Welcome@Fern47
- 19.🔐 Is “Pond-32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “Brick_Moon_Kite88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “brickdustwolf11” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Wheel74 (b) toast!tiger!hill!60
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafMangoLake32 (b) Tara2015
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Mango-Seed61 (b) Qwerty!Lamp40
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 30.🔐 Is “Ishaan!Sand!35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn_27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Pearl80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent_32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “vinelampkitebell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillShellBell18 (b) Tara_Corn_23
- 38.🔐 “Neem@30” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudVineToast11 (b) Kabir2011
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 3
- CornTigerSand57
- 3
- 9
- risky
- strong
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Tent@Pearl@Bell23
- Ship-River-Bell74
- strong
- 16
- Boat.Dust.Wolf17
- shell.chai.moon.34
- Moon_Lake_Chai17
- Kite!Toast!Brick29
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 10
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- toast!tiger!hill!60
- LeafMangoLake32
- others can guess it
- Kite-Mango-Seed61
- emojis
- weak
- 7
- weak
- 14
- 7
- weak
- 12
- HillShellBell18
- shorter than 12
- CloudVineToast11
- 2
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