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 “hillneemgold85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Bell!Plum44 (b) Seed.Nest.2010
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick-Boat-Frog32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Pearl!Bell11 (b) plumneemnest57
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustmangoplum57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Dust_Lake_2015” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger-lotus-chai-47 (b) shiprainpearlvine
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_seed_rain_53 (b) Welcome@Ship87
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudTigerNest16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Tiger@Pearl@2016” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel_hill_lotus_32 (b) Password.Plum84
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.69 (b) plum@boat@hill@64
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Bell62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “FernChaiCorn38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “kitechailotus79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite_64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “password42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “tentcloudgoldlotus” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_River_33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Aarav.Pearl.24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogWolfLotus49 (b) Qwerty-Drum36
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password89 (b) fern!frog!hill!72
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Tent12 (b) wheel@boat@leaf@34
- 27.🔐 Is “Cloud_Hill_Drum24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!River!Lamp22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Welcome_Mango86” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Sand@River@2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “wolfshipbrickwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 32.🔐 Is “Saanvi_Pond_61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “Dust!63” 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
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 35.🔐 “Nisha_Hill_33” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoToastNest45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship@Seed@Frog61 (b) Letmein.Drum59
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangofrogwheelneem (b) Cloud@Moon@Boat68
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Fern-36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#Nest#Plum77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 14
- Seed!Bell!Plum44
- 4
- Rain!Pearl!Bell11
- 2
- has a name or year
- tiger-lotus-chai-47
- 3
- emojis
- lotus_seed_rain_53
- 16
- has a name or year
- wheel_hill_lotus_32
- plum@boat@hill@64
- 4
- 14
- weak
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- weak
- weak
- FrogWolfLotus49
- fern!frog!hill!72
- wheel@boat@leaf@34
- strong
- 17
- has a common word
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 16
- Ship@Seed@Frog61
- Cloud@Moon@Boat68
- 4
- 4
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