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.🎂 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
- 2.🔐 Is “Bell#Tiger#Wolf45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Nest-Lake33 (b) Password#Sand34
- 4.🔐 Is “Moon_Brick_Hill79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust#Tiger#Tent86 (b) Cloud_31
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Lotus@78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “plumraintent22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “Welcome#Boat86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@48 (b) ToastTentVine68
- 10.🔐 Is “plumwolfcloudriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “tigerboatlakelotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “admin23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudrainfrog15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Meera#Fern#39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Sand!2014 (b) mango!seed!river!62
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#Toast#Sand58 (b) Lotus.47
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@rain@tiger@59 (b) iloveyou86
- 20.🔐 “Ananya.Moon.54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 22.🔐 “froglampnestlotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiToastLamp72 (b) Qwerty.Brick24
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem@mango@toast@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Wheel56 (b) rain_corn_mango_41
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedpondlake19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 28.🔐 Is “Gold-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#lotus#corn#70 (b) Ananya!Frog!49
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Wolf.Dust57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipbellriverwolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “bricksandraindust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestbellchai44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 35.🔐 Is “Plum-Fern-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Meera.Mango.35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “BrickCloudLamp68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornLotusBoat35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “sandpondmoonbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Toast@Pearl@Leaf11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- others can guess it
- strong
- Drum-Nest-Lake33
- strong
- Dust#Tiger#Tent86
- 14
- weak
- has a common word
- ToastTentVine68
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 2
- weak
- emojis
- mango!seed!river!62
- Chai#Toast#Sand58
- 10
- corn@rain@tiger@59
- has a name or year
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ChaiToastLamp72
- 3
- rain_corn_mango_41
- 2
- 3
- weak
- lamp#lotus#corn#70
- 4
- 1
- 17
- 2
- risky
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 3
- weak
- strong
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