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 “Frog.87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 3.🔐 “Password.Frog56” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernPondToast65 (b) leaflotuslamp19
- 5.🔐 Is “Plum.Sand.Neem37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Moon.46” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine_pearl_lotus_41 (b) seedsandlampriver
- 9.🔐 Is “Plum@Cloud@Toast88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Dust_Rain54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty86 (b) ship#boat#seed#34
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf.Vine.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Seed58 (b) SeedRainMoon17
- 15.🔐 “pearlbrickwolfdrum” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “mangotigerpondriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “mango_lotus_toast_29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 21.🔐 “Meera.Moon.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
- 22.🔐 Is “rain@wolf@frog@86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “hillbellmoon24” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Leaf_Boat10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Admin#Chai16” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverneempearl72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “admin50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “sand@toast@kite@24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “Aarav.Vine.23” 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
- 32.🔐 “Kite.Nest.2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Pearl.Tent13 (b) pondwolfvinelake
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastWheelBell30 (b) Mango-Fern-2018
- 35.🔐 “Boat-Plum-2009” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite_Frog_2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “LampShipDrum80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Boat_Tiger_2010” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-26 (b) nest_sand_brick_45
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “hilldustnesttoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 4
- 3
- has a common word
- FernPondToast65
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 2
- vine_pearl_lotus_41
- strong
- 4
- ship#boat#seed#34
- 4
- 4
- SeedRainMoon17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 19
- strong
- risky
- emojis
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 2
- has a common word
- 2
- 9
- 7
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- Seed.Pearl.Tent13
- ToastWheelBell30
- has a name or year
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- nest_sand_brick_45
- 17
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