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.🔐 “Brick_Lake_2012” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Wheel_48 (b) vine.ship.frog.57
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfcloudtoast33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Sand@2015 (b) dust!boat!cloud!61
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Lake58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Lotus!Nest!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “bellsandbrick53” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “letmein39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandhillleafnest (b) DustMangoSeed65
- 11.🔐 Is “dustgoldkite73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainplumlamplotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boattigershipbell (b) shell_lotus_frog_43
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Boat_2010 (b) SeedToastNest18
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “brick-gold-shell-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 18.🔐 Is “password33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Shell#74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Aarav!Seed!48” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.boat.rain.44 (b) toastfernbell89
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!Corn!Seed74 (b) frogferntoastmoon
- 24.🔐 Is “pondtigerlotuskite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 26.🔐 Is “letmein31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “seed-drum-moon-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 29.🔐 Is “qwerty39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustvinefrogbrick (b) Cloud_River_Lake27
- 31.🔐 Is “rainlakemoon13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.lamp.lotus.83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “password87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Neem#36” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Ishaan_Fern_89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfrogshipplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “drumrainlamp54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 39.🔐 “River#26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav!Seed!59 (b) Tiger#Wheel#Drum32
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 2
- vine.ship.frog.57
- 2
- dust!boat!cloud!61
- 12
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- DustMangoSeed65
- weak
- 1
- shell_lotus_frog_43
- SeedToastNest18
- 7
- strong
- others can guess it
- weak
- 9
- 4
- has a name or year
- sand.boat.rain.44
- Hill!Corn!Seed74
- weak
- 12
- weak
- 17
- 3
- weak
- Cloud_River_Lake27
- weak
- 9
- 18
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- Tiger#Wheel#Drum32
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