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.🔐 “Seed!Bell!2013” 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
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “kitedrummangohill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “drumleaftoast13” 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
- 6.🔐 “Neem-Dust-2016” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#drum#toast#43 (b) shiphillgoldvine
- 8.🔐 Is “welcome39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “seedbelldrum34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “ShellChaiDust65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2010 (b) PearlDustBrick34
- 13.🔐 Is “Seed@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Bell!2018 (b) Wolf.Moon.Vine39
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Bell20 (b) wheel-plum-corn-74
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Mango!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake.Leaf.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan-Fern-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!lake!plum!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Welcome#Sand32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Vine.10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@Tiger@Chai60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “bricktigermoon68” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Wolf#2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Frog-Corn-Wheel35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Is “Tent!Lake!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “Tara!Drum!89” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.tent.leaf.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@Boat@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Seed#Bell#2013” 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
- 34.🔐 “Aarav#Sand#38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password74 (b) Mango_Tiger_Dust20
- 36.🔐 “Tara_Neem_13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔐 Is “wheelraincorn36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.fern.moon.24 (b) Saanvi@Frog@58
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf@45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “password37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 3
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- hill#drum#toast#43
- weak
- 9
- weak
- strong
- PearlDustBrick34
- weak
- Wolf.Moon.Vine39
- wheel-plum-corn-74
- 4
- 14
- 14
- 8
- 17
- weak
- emojis
- 14
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 4
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- 17
- 14
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- Mango_Tiger_Dust20
- has a name or year
- weak
- shell.fern.moon.24
- 4
- 10
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