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.🔐 “Gold.Seed.2011” 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
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 5.🔐 “kitelakeboatneem” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemFernDrum29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “pearlneemnestboat” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustLotusSand77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Pond-Dust34 (b) Tara#Lamp#70
- 12.🔐 “Ship@47” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestFrogWolf54 (b) Ananya_Tent_46
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_kite_wolf_13 (b) iloveyou44
- 15.🔐 Is “Leaf.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Admin.Lake70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerkiteplummoon (b) vine#wheel#tiger#12
- 18.🔐 “riverrainlamppearl” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Kabir_Drum_52” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Cloud81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Tent#Lamp#2009” 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
- 23.🔐 “Nisha_Plum_27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellDustSeed22 (b) Hill#Frog#2014
- 25.🔐 Is “Wolf!Leaf!Pond79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@River@2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Neem!Shell17 (b) neemleaflamp45
- 29.🔐 “bricktigercornnest” 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
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Lotus@40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) lotus!neem!dust!16
- 33.🔐 Is “sandlakedrumwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Neem#2013 (b) Neem@Kite@Chai84
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipboatriver75 (b) River-Mango-Frog54
- 36.🔐 Is “iloveyou33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem#Pond#Seed28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipcloudshellplum (b) MoonBrickLeaf89
- 40.🔐 Is “Wolf!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 12
- 3
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- risky
- 3
- Rain-Pond-Dust34
- shorter than 12
- NestFrogWolf54
- bell_kite_wolf_13
- weak
- weak
- vine#wheel#tiger#12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- ShellDustSeed22
- strong
- 9
- 4
- Pond!Neem!Shell17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 14
- lotus!neem!dust!16
- weak
- Neem@Kite@Chai84
- River-Mango-Frog54
- weak
- 2
- 16
- MoonBrickLeaf89
- weak
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