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.🔐 “Rohan#Lamp#21” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “Meera2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 5.🔐 Is “Pond!Hill!Sand63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellMoonTiger78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “plum@cloud@ship@67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “toast-tiger-sand-39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Nisha-Seed-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya-Pearl-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Pearl-Leaf-2010” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara!Neem!74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “chaidustnest36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2013 (b) River!Moon!Shell70
- 16.🔐 “kitepearlseed15” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogpondcloud76 (b) Tent!Sand!Drum64
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust#Wheel#Fern75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Admin_Drum10” 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
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mango_tent_wheel_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf_river_vine_77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Qwerty#River75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “LakeLampBell54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickvinecornlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Toast-Moon-Gold72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “VineCloudLake36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernnestgoldleaf (b) nest.tiger.sand.38
- 31.🔐 Is “wheelpondbell37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Ship-42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “rivercornwolftiger” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-Rain-2013 (b) Tent.Wolf.River28
- 36.🔐 “Toast-36” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “toastneemgold20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Vine-31” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “bellsandshellrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogVineSand76 (b) Wheel!33
Answer key
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 12
- strong
- others can guess it
- 3
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 4
- has a name or year
- 12
- weak
- River!Moon!Shell70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Tent!Sand!Drum64
- risky
- 4
- 17
- has a common word
- 3
- 3
- 3
- weak
- 14
- 1
- strong
- strong
- nest.tiger.sand.38
- weak
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- Tent.Wolf.River28
- shorter than 12
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
- FrogVineSand76
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