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 “wheellakemango21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Shell.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “sand.lamp.seed.32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🎂 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “vineplumboat45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Plum35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Nest#Ship14 (b) Ishaan2018
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain-79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Dust_82” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “password14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 14.🔐 “Tara_Toast_15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔐 “belldrumsandrain” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.bell.drum.60 (b) leafbellriver54
- 17.🔐 “Drum_34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 18.🔐 Is “drumnestrain11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentPondRain39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Wolf#Cloud#2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickSeedToast81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “ShellSandLake17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentChaiHill17 (b) qwerty59
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “nestpondcloudrain” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Hill35 (b) Fern@Wheel@Lake72
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Boat-64” 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
- 30.🔐 “sandplumpondfern” 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
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 32.🔐 Is “fern@sand@plum@32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “Dust!Wolf!Lotus14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Boat-Sand-Shell28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Wolf_72” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Corn!67 (b) VinePondTiger23
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Plum86 (b) ShipBrickDrum50
- 38.🔐 Is “BoatRiverLeaf36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “FrogDrumVine50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) clouddustneemrain (b) Ship.Brick.Pond18
Answer key
- 2
- weak
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- 14
- weak
- Bell#Nest#Ship14
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 10
- risky
- 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- leaf.bell.drum.60
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 3
- strong
- TentChaiHill17
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Fern@Wheel@Lake72
- 3
- 3
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- VinePondTiger23
- ShipBrickDrum50
- strong
- strong
- Ship.Brick.Pond18
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