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 “river_bell_rain_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “lakemoonpearl66” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Lake-Neem33 (b) letmein69
- 4.🔐 Is “Brick@Dust@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell!Tiger!Sand29 (b) Diya#Moon#67
- 6.🔐 Is “kiteraintiger49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!dust!hill!11 (b) Aarav.River.11
- 8.🔐 “Mango_13” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “wheeltigerplum21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Fern@Brick37 (b) Diya-Moon-62
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#22 (b) drum!hill!bell!23
- 12.🔐 “chairivercloudmango” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship_frog_seed_30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 15.🔐 “Vine_Boat_2017” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferngoldleaflamp (b) Pearl#Chai#Cloud51
- 17.🔐 Is “Aarav!Nest!66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 19.🔐 “Lake#43” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Welcome-Cloud14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “vinewheelleaf20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “goldlampshell17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp-Tiger-Seed69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumKiteBoat81 (b) Vihaan2011
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Plum-Mango61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “MangoNeemBell32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “Brick.Boat.Drum38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Plum!Kite40 (b) Bell_31
- 32.🔐 “Gold-47” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin31 (b) Chai.Bell.Lamp22
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldToastVine78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “mooncorndustwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 “wolfmangochailotus” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “qwerty84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Iloveyou-Vine76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerneemmoon17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust#Vine#Leaf86 (b) Meera2011
Answer key
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Tent-Lake-Neem33
- weak
- Shell!Tiger!Sand29
- weak
- lamp!dust!hill!11
- shorter than 12
- 16
- Drum@Fern@Brick37
- drum!hill!bell!23
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- emojis
- has a name or year
- Pearl#Chai#Cloud51
- weak
- risky
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 3
- others can guess it
- 15
- 15
- 17
- 12
- PlumKiteBoat81
- 4
- strong
- strong
- Leaf!Plum!Kite40
- shorter than 12
- Chai.Bell.Lamp22
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a common word
- 15
- Dust#Vine#Leaf86
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