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.🔐 “Shell.64” 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 “leafplumneem78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “dustrainriverfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “leaf!ship!plum!74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “drum.river.hill.76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “moonchaishipcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Drum28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “lakekiteshiphill” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Seed81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Sand.57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 12.🔐 “Fern#89” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Lamp#Lotus#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandMoonLamp64 (b) welcome20
- 15.🔐 “Tiger!Kite!2014” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “shipwolfrivertent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Plum-Lake-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “drumseedgold54” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship@Lake@Pond71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Corn@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “mangobellship79” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldWheelPearl11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Aarav.Drum.83” 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
- 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2012 (b) Cloud#Neem#Gold31
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelNestBell20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Brick_River_2012” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudboatfrog77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Tent#49” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “ship!hill!boat!73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipVineLotus86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “rainboatleaf89” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “DustSeedChai22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellsandmoon22 (b) TigerLotusShip83
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast-pond-corn-88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell!gold!lake!68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-pond-boat-16 (b) dustneemmango12
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 17
- strong
- 18
- 17
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- 12
- shorter than 12
- weak
- SandMoonLamp64
- has a name or year
- 17
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- has a name or year
- risky
- 3
- Cloud#Neem#Gold31
- 3
- has a name or year
- 2
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- others can guess it
- TigerLotusShip83
- 3
- 8
- 3
- vine-pond-boat-16
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