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!Gold44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogRainTent22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon@51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentmangorainriver (b) Kite@Pearl@Seed80
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite_Rain_Mango31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 9.🔐 “Arjun_Shell_79” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Ship.62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Vine_Chai_Boat19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “goldneemtentfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Arjun!Drum!20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “goldpondchai57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Neem-88” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheeltoastkite80 (b) drum_hill_pond_20
- 17.🔐 Is “letmein36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai@sand@river@20 (b) Nisha2016
- 19.🔐 Is “Corn-35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya#Lotus#52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_Seed_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “nestcornlotusboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitevineshell29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🎂 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed_76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “chai-bell-fern-52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogPearlNest22 (b) qwerty13
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Letmein@Chai84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-Moon-Tent20 (b) wheelmangowolfriver
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin66 (b) gold-river-kite-12
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Rain.21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell@68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Wheel.Chai.2011” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “wheel-chai-cloud-85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “DrumNeemMango27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “Chai.13” 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
- 39.🔐 “Lotus@69” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Cloud!2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- risky
- 3
- 4
- Kite@Pearl@Seed80
- 4
- 17
- 12
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 16
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
- drum_hill_pond_20
- weak
- chai@sand@river@20
- weak
- 15
- 14
- weak
- 2
- others can guess it
- 4
- strong
- FrogPearlNest22
- 7
- weak
- Boat-Moon-Tent20
- gold-river-kite-12
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 8
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 4
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