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.🔐 “froglotuscornpearl” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “Dust#Bell#River81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “hilltentsandchai” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “fern.neem.rain.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “dustfrogshellchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Lamp!Mango56 (b) fernshiplotusriver
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_63 (b) gold#frog#toast#31
- 10.🔐 “Admin-River16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastVineLake80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Lake@Shell71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Dust-48” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlPlumNeem81 (b) admin33
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 18.🔐 Is “Rain.Brick.Ship33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Pearl.45” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “password65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Shell11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Dust!37” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Plum.Frog83 (b) frogleafbellplum
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlotusfrogplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Lake#Wolf#2016” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin#Hill71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🎂 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Gold49 (b) Gold.Hill.Sand75
- 31.🔐 “Lamp@22” 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
- 32.🔐 “Ship.Frog.2009” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2015 (b) WheelHillWolf66
- 34.🔐 Is “welcome84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemWheelFern86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Qwerty#Rain75” 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
- 37.🔐 “shelllotuslampcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “seedkitepondshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Boat@18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Corn!Lamp!Mango56
- emojis
- risky
- gold#frog#toast#31
- has a common word
- 12
- 15
- 4
- 3
- shorter than 12
- PearlPlumNeem81
- 3
- strong
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 10
- Pearl.Plum.Frog83
- 1
- has a name or year
- 12
- others can guess it
- Gold.Hill.Sand75
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- WheelHillWolf66
- weak
- 15
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- weak
- weak
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