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 characters are in “frogcloudbellhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Brick61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@rain@moon@44 (b) hillpearlleafshell
- 5.🔐 Is “Wolf_73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.wheel.lamp.24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2018 (b) moon-plum-leaf-19
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Dust-Tiger16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Pond.Ship.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@71 (b) brick-chai-cloud-30
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusMoonNest32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Drum.Leaf.2013” 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
- 13.🔐 “Welcome_Bell33” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “HillCloudShell28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Brick!25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_Rain_2008 (b) TigerGoldRain54
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill.Leaf.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.Leaf.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustDrumCloud19 (b) cornbrickdrum28
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.Brick.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Pearl30 (b) LotusCornNeem27
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampBrickNest28 (b) Sand-40
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_11 (b) Brick!Corn!Lotus78
- 24.🔐 Is “Password_Nest84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Plum@Cloud@Rain67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold#river#chai#42 (b) welcome33
- 27.🔐 Is “corndusttoast65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 “Diya.Leaf.16” 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
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 30.🔐 “Vine.38” 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
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “raintoastplum86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Kite#Nest18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Lotus!12” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Tiger.Lamp.Moon51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 37.🔐 “kitegoldbrick19” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Cloud_Kite_2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Frog66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Password#Tiger42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 17
- weak
- risky
- vine@rain@moon@44
- weak
- 3
- moon-plum-leaf-19
- 17
- weak
- brick-chai-cloud-30
- 15
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 16
- 13
- TigerGoldRain54
- 4
- 15
- DustDrumCloud19
- 15
- LotusCornNeem27
- LampBrickNest28
- Brick!Corn!Lotus78
- weak
- strong
- gold#river#chai#42
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- 15
- 17
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
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