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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Lake11 (b) Fern.Nest.River71
- 2.🔐 “shellbellship12” 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
- 3.🔐 “Tent#Corn#2011” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Plum-Chai45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “moon_drum_hill_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernneemmango25 (b) Seed_Moon_Cloud26
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Lotus_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Plum-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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Moon49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “vinesandhill53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Pearl-40 (b) Kite!Fern!Pond57
- 14.🔐 “Meera#Rain#72” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 17.🔐 “Diya@Gold@27” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “LampBrickMoon55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust-plum-mango-67 (b) Frog.Vine.2010
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Plum-10 (b) frog!lake!cloud!43
- 22.🔐 “Ishaan-Moon-40” 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
- 23.🔐 “mangohillpearlkite” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Moon-Rain16 (b) Saanvi-Nest-17
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Boat-45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#frog#tent#63 (b) rivercloudtoastwheel
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudneemnesttent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 31.🔐 Is “Wolf@Tent@River15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “wolfcornrain42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “tigerlotusfern29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome48 (b) rain!toast!leaf!89
- 36.🔐 Is “Chai@River@Pearl37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Tiger#Vine46 (b) Qwerty_Sand22
- 38.🔐 “Welcome@Vine32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.53 (b) Mango_Fern_Tiger58
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlleaflotus74 (b) frog.toast.nest.75
Answer key
- Fern.Nest.River71
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- Seed_Moon_Cloud26
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 14
- Kite!Fern!Pond57
- has a name or year
- 9
- 12
- has a name or year
- 9
- strong
- dust-plum-mango-67
- frog!lake!cloud!43
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- Boat-Moon-Rain16
- 12
- risky
- mango#frog#tent#63
- 1
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 2
- rain!toast!leaf!89
- strong
- Hill#Tiger#Vine46
- has a common word
- Mango_Fern_Tiger58
- frog.toast.nest.75
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