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@Brick81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “Shell@14” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentbrickbell36 (b) tiger-fern-seed-24
- 4.🔐 Is “Dust!Boat!Ship78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 “Leaf@Kite@2012” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Wheel!Boat27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.55 (b) RainLampLake61
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafTentLake87 (b) password34
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “nest#tiger#fern#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Pearl-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!53 (b) Brick#Shell#Mango76
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Chai-Shell28 (b) letmein70
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Plum#2012 (b) Boat.Lake.Corn82
- 15.🔐 “Ishaan#Drum#63” 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
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 17.🔐 Is “lotusneemfrogboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@tiger@rain@12 (b) neemtenthillmoon
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “kiteboatseed24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “moonlotusrainseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold_Lake_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “tigerbelllakebrick” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillFernMango27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Hill@Plum@Cloud37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfRainMango66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf-kite-drum-58 (b) River#Vine#2016
- 31.🔐 Is “Saanvi.Drum.49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustPlumToast21 (b) goldwolfdrum80
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 34.🔐 Is “shipdrumbrick47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Hill_Nest_Drum59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “seedshipkitebrick” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Corn.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Wolf_Vine89 (b) Drum@21
- 40.🔐 Is “Hill-Kite-Tiger87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- shorter than 12
- tiger-fern-seed-24
- strong
- has a name or year
- 18
- RainLampLake61
- LeafTentLake87
- 9
- strong
- 15
- Brick#Shell#Mango76
- Sand-Chai-Shell28
- Boat.Lake.Corn82
- has a name or year
- risky
- weak
- 3
- cloud@tiger@rain@12
- 3
- 14
- 17
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 2
- strong
- 3
- 4
- leaf-kite-drum-58
- weak
- DustPlumToast21
- 12
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- others can guess it
- Mango_Wolf_Vine89
- strong
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