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) rain-pearl-wolf-77 (b) Tiger@23
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumGoldToast53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou10 (b) rain_moon_pond_35
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Meera.Cloud.16” 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
- 6.🔐 “Welcome_Wolf89” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Seed28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password40 (b) Corn_Plum_Drum74
- 9.🔐 “Welcome_Shell58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudfrogplum20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “tenthillkite75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) safe (d) required
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Mango-Sand19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “seedmangoboatplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔐 “Gold.Pearl.2013” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “kite@lamp@rain@54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Mango#Pond#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangocorntoast71 (b) RiverChaiPearl45
- 19.🔐 Is “Frog-Bell-Wheel89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell!Lotus!Mango50 (b) welcome72
- 21.🔐 Is “password56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusHillMango16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Dust#76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Wolf-Ship24 (b) vineleafmoon69
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Lamp!33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Vine@Neem@Hill28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Drum_Bell_Kite34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “sanddrumlamp48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “cornnestgold44” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumPlumCorn57 (b) Seed#Wheel#2016
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Chai21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverLotusMango69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemtoastboattiger (b) LampLakeRain39
- 37.🔐 Is “Tiger_Moon_Cloud24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Brick!68” 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
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern@pearl@mango@22 (b) letmein32
Answer key
- rain-pearl-wolf-77
- 15
- rain_moon_pond_35
- 10
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 4
- Corn_Plum_Drum74
- has a common word
- 15
- weak
- risky
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 17
- weak
- RiverChaiPearl45
- strong
- Shell!Lotus!Mango50
- weak
- 16
- 4
- Cloud-Wolf-Ship24
- 4
- strong
- 7
- 10
- strong
- weak
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- DrumPlumCorn57
- 13
- 3
- LampLakeRain39
- strong
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- fern@pearl@mango@22
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