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.🔐 “shipponddust42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔐 “plumlotuslakechai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 3.🔐 “drumcloudtent64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelBoatSand51 (b) plumvinebricksand
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “chailotusfrogriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillrivermangobrick (b) BoatNeemPearl81
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafShipSeed25 (b) admin66
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Pearl39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 “Lamp.Gold.2013” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Vine-River32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivercornvine74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Cloud-Lamp85 (b) Bell@26
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “admin83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “BrickRainSeed83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “cloudtigerwolf26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Neem26 (b) Brick.Vine.Pearl71
- 20.🔐 Is “Drum@Mango@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty86 (b) FernBellCloud45
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel#lake#tent#13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Tara!Corn!22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “fern_sand_lake_19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2013 (b) TigerShellRiver25
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_Wolf_Shell83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Tent55 (b) Tiger.Nest.Shell61
- 28.🔐 “Rain-Mango-2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ferntentpondlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_Fern_Leaf85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “neem#fern#dust#15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverfernmango13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Rain@42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔐 Is “welcome37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Cloud.Corn.Sand59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger.Moon.Pearl32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger_moon_boat_13 (b) Nisha2011
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustchailaketent (b) Wolf@Moon@Cloud57
- 40.🔐 Is “Tent!Vine!Tiger63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- 3
- WheelBoatSand51
- 18
- BoatNeemPearl81
- LeafShipSeed25
- 13
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 4
- 2
- Boat-Cloud-Lamp85
- 7
- strong
- weak
- Brick.Vine.Pearl71
- weak
- FernBellCloud45
- 18
- weak
- 17
- TigerShellRiver25
- 17
- Tiger.Nest.Shell61
- has a name or year
- 1
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 2
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- 4
- tiger_moon_boat_13
- Wolf@Moon@Cloud57
- strong
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