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.🔐 “Arjun#River#87” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “Frog-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “admin66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 5.🔐 Is “HillLakeLeaf12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoSeedLamp14 (b) Shell-20
- 7.🔐 Is “Lake#Tiger#Wheel21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “Boat!Brick!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “nestlakelamp79” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Drum-Lotus-Neem53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Plum64 (b) cloud@vine@shell@66
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Pearl@Wolf48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “PondBoatTiger85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Dust_Lotus_2014” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Vine80 (b) Mango-Wolf-Ship86
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Brick85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “RainFernPlum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Wheel@Moon24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoboatferntiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellSandToast18 (b) Wheel@Brick@2014
- 21.🔐 “Admin#Bell59” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Moon49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Neem-73” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “MoonSandDust63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#plum#leaf#56 (b) Kabir#Lake#88
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Pearl.28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Welcome!Rain31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan_Pond_87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “shellgoldkite41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Wheel!62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Ship17 (b) chai@nest@toast@67
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Lamp11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Moon59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Mango81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemPearlDust44 (b) Iloveyou_Lotus48
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#River46 (b) Pearl-Kite-Sand79
Answer key
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- risky
- strong
- MangoSeedLamp14
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- cloud@vine@shell@66
- 18
- strong
- has a name or year
- Mango-Wolf-Ship86
- 16
- strong
- 17
- 18
- ShellSandToast18
- has a common word
- 15
- shorter than 12
- strong
- gold#plum#leaf#56
- 14
- weak
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 2
- chai@nest@toast@67
- 13
- 12
- 15
- 12
- NeemPearlDust44
- others can guess it
- 2
- Pearl-Kite-Sand79
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