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 characters are in “RainBoatWheel12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Hill_71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 3.🔐 Is “Kite.Wheel.Dust55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🎂 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Corn.Plum.Leaf69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Cloud-2009 (b) plum-tiger-vine-82
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@Frog@Drum22 (b) Ananya@Plum@23
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!36 (b) vine#boat#seed#50
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-Leaf-Moon16 (b) Letmein.Boat32
- 10.🔐 “Chai-Tiger-2018” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “boatlakemoonpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondShellPearl15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun!Lake!66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Leaf.Bell.2010” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Pearl!Bell!Brick59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “tent_mango_lamp_62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Ship27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaipearlwheelvine (b) River.Drum.Nest33
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastneemsand22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Tent#Hill#Kite20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaflampboat40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Plum@Wolf@2012” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel#corn#lake#69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_Frog_Fern78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Seed.Brick.Chai78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Lake74 (b) RainMangoTiger10
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampWolfFrog13 (b) pearlmoonleafwolf
- 32.🔐 Is “Lake-Rain-Ship36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “chaiwolfseedfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Rain@Hill@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “LotusLampKite24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “riverchaidust42” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “DustToastDrum83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Fern#45 (b) Tent.Frog.Lake52
- 39.🔐 “lotusseedcorn62” 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
- 40.🔐 “Leaf_Ship_2015” 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
Answer key
- 15
- shorter than 12
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- plum-tiger-vine-82
- Leaf@Frog@Drum22
- vine#boat#seed#50
- Fern-Leaf-Moon16
- has a name or year
- 17
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- strong
- 3
- 18
- 12
- River.Drum.Nest33
- 2
- 4
- strong
- 9
- 2
- 8
- has a name or year
- 3
- 16
- strong
- RainMangoTiger10
- LampWolfFrog13
- strong
- weak
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Tent.Frog.Lake52
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
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