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 kinds of characters does “pearlwheeltoastnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “wheellotusfrog79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!Lamp!Pond64 (b) Vihaan2011
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara.Pearl.65 (b) TentLakePearl16
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!Boat!Leaf13 (b) Diya#Mango#17
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nesttigersand27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelplumcloudship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Shell-Ship-2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 12.🔐 Is “Moon.Mango.Hill28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Mango#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Password.Cloud84” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum_Corn_2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Iloveyou-Drum73” 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
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafLakeMango38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango#vine#lamp#80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “RiverDrumKite44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Hill.52” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Gold#Sand#Cloud43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Brick30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Wolf@Moon@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “River!76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “frog-mango-fern-13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “frogtoastneem60” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “MoonShipShell27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick!nest!leaf!85 (b) Vihaan2011
- 34.🔐 “Seed-Corn-2011” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “password32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest@Lamp@2011 (b) leaf#corn#plum#69
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Sand66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Admin_Plum71” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatmoonrain85 (b) ChaiNestFrog43
Answer key
- 1
- weak
- 2
- Tiger!Lamp!Pond64
- TentLakePearl16
- Pearl!Boat!Leaf13
- 2
- 18
- 2
- has a name or year
- risky
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- 14
- has a common word
- 3
- 12
- 3
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 4
- 2
- weak
- 8
- 3
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- 3
- brick!nest!leaf!85
- has a name or year
- 9
- 10
- leaf#corn#plum#69
- 15
- has a common word
- ChaiNestFrog43
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