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 “dustfernmango74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustChaiBell69 (b) iloveyou22
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “admin26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.Plum.2008 (b) Leaf-Dust-River66
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatseedwheel78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship#Hill#Plum17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Ship!83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 10.🔐 “Lotus@Cloud@2012” 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
- 11.🔐 “Pearl-Rain-2016” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@32 (b) Chai!Wolf!Gold18
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Moon-Ship81 (b) Nisha!Dust!51
- 15.🔐 “rivernestplum17” 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
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 17.🔐 “Iloveyou@Shell29” 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
- 18.🔐 “Arjun.Gold.21” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun.Drum.71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Password!Fern46” 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
- 21.🔐 “Arjun#Ship#38” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Drum88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “Tiger!Gold!2011” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Boat19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Toast_89” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlRainPond77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Drum@Plum@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin21 (b) Tiger@Brick@Drum67
- 30.🔐 Is “Nisha2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “Qwerty.Mango14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger#53 (b) vine.cloud.moon.52
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakekitecornnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Diya2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel_85 (b) Lotus_Mango_Brick88
- 36.🔐 Is “wheelnesttoastgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Tiger29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “drum.shell.toast.75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “Plum.50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell.Tiger.2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 2
- DustChaiBell69
- 7
- Leaf-Dust-River66
- emojis
- 3
- 2
- 16
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 2
- Chai!Wolf!Gold18
- Lake-Moon-Ship81
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
- Tiger@Brick@Drum67
- weak
- has a common word
- vine.cloud.moon.52
- 1
- weak
- Lotus_Mango_Brick88
- weak
- 15
- strong
- weak
- 4
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