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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoFernSand87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Nest_36” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Lake.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “River-Vine-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Meera.Sand.19” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “wolf@ship@leaf@29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “seed-nest-cloud-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 9.🔐 Is “iloveyou41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “BoatToastGold16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “nestwolfleaf41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “NestNeemLamp66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “frog@seed@plum@39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Cloud20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Shell37 (b) Brick-Kite-Moon18
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raincorncloud76 (b) frog-toast-bell-84
- 18.🔐 “Wolf-17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Chai71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Toast#35” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou#Tent31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “pearlfrogfern22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “hillbrickmangocloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!75 (b) Frog@Pond@Seed38
- 26.🔐 “Brick.Mango.2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipvinelake17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Cloud@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Saanvi!Bell!16” 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
- 31.🔐 “neemdrumfrog84” 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
- 32.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “VineLakeLamp68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf#frog#chai#61 (b) Nest#40
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Lamp16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “kitecornhill71” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Tent.10 (b) Neem.Dust.Hill13
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 39.🔐 Is “wheelshiplotus37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Kabir2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 3
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- 18
- 12
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 14
- 3
- strong
- weak
- Brick-Kite-Moon18
- frog-toast-bell-84
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Frog@Pond@Seed38
- has a name or year
- 2
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 14
- wolf#frog#chai#61
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Neem.Dust.Hill13
- risky
- weak
- weak
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