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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonNeemToast89 (b) riverseedvinehill
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@65 (b) Fern-Tent-River83
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangonestlamplotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.Kite.Wheel24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 7.🔐 Is “Rohan_Neem_38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellmangorivertiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “SandLakeRiver32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Corn-Pearl59 (b) Password_Cloud62
- 12.🔐 Is “seed-gold-river-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “Welcome!Seed86” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Lake56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!Boat!2013 (b) VineDrumWheel52
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “drumhillseedtoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum!Tent!2011 (b) Corn-Ship-Hill61
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@37 (b) Plum.Chai.Ship55
- 21.🔐 “Frog.12” 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.🔐 “Vine-76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 23.🔐 Is “password43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “Drum-54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite@river@wheel@75 (b) Kabir!Mango!41
- 26.🔐 “lotustentbellriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerhillpondnest (b) nest_chai_shell_83
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlLakeCloud30 (b) Diya2009
- 29.🔐 Is “qwerty45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernpearlmoonpond (b) FrogLotusNest30
- 31.🔐 Is “lampmoonboatchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Rain@37” 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
- 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick!hill!mango!39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “lotusplumnestwheel” 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
- 36.🔐 “River!36” 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
- 37.🔐 “Lotus#52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Nest40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “mango@ship@plum@88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
Answer key
- MoonNeemToast89
- Fern-Tent-River83
- 1
- 17
- 12
- others can guess it
- weak
- 1
- strong
- 3
- Plum-Corn-Pearl59
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
- VineDrumWheel52
- 17
- 2
- 3
- Corn-Ship-Hill61
- Plum.Chai.Ship55
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- weak
- weak
- kite@river@wheel@75
- fewer than 3 kinds
- nest_chai_shell_83
- PearlLakeCloud30
- weak
- FrogLotusNest30
- weak
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 18
- risky
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