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.🔐 Is “Password@Seed31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “rainseedleafkite” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome15 (b) mango@vine@bell@28
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerpearldrum35 (b) lotus.seed.pond.26
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 6.🔐 “boatkitedrum16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 7.🔐 “Kabir#Shell#30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔐 Is “Sand#Pond#Toast54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “River#Fern#Kite65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 “riverbricklotuspond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastvinewheelriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “plumvinedrum57” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlbelllake76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Saanvi2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “Vine_Pond_Wolf60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf.lake.toast.58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 18.🔐 Is “Brick_Lotus_Pond24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “River-Frog-Pond89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.43 (b) Plum_Fern_Lamp27
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBoatLotus71 (b) Tent!71
- 22.🔐 “Ship@52” 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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!Brick!Lake61 (b) fernshipneem86
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango-Wheel-Shell30 (b) Pearl#17
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@64 (b) Moon@Nest@Wolf51
- 27.🔐 “raintoastship86” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Bell@Vine@Wolf54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Toast42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine_Brick_2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Welcome.Bell22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Cloud@2008 (b) Hill.Pearl.Mango65
- 34.🔐 Is “Shell!Vine!Sand55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlcorndrumlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Wheel.Gold74 (b) Chai#54
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand-seed-drum-32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Aarav2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Toast@Vine42 (b) admin53
- 40.🔐 Is “Vihaan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- mango@vine@bell@28
- lotus.seed.pond.26
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- strong
- 3
- others can guess it
- strong
- strong
- Plum_Fern_Lamp27
- DustBoatLotus71
- shorter than 12
- 3
- Moon!Brick!Lake61
- Mango-Wheel-Shell30
- Moon@Nest@Wolf51
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- 4
- 15
- has a common word
- Hill.Pearl.Mango65
- strong
- 17
- Mango.Wheel.Gold74
- 3
- weak
- Kite@Toast@Vine42
- weak
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