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.🔐 “Neem@Leaf@2017” 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
- 2.🔐 “rivershipmangoneem” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#Lamp#2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “chaiwolfdrum10” 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
- 5.🔐 “Letmein!Lamp66” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumSandLamp70 (b) Brick#12
- 7.🔐 Is “Rohan.Wheel.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Wolf53 (b) Brick!Nest!Mango65
- 9.🔐 Is “LeafCloudHill78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 11.🔐 “Leaf-Tent-2016” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn_gold_bell_88 (b) shipboatlake31
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#35 (b) Hill.Seed.Lake18
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2011 (b) Shell-Boat-Pearl64
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “bell.frog.leaf.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Password-Nest61” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestBoatMoon77 (b) Dust!56
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.Lake.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Seed-67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “vine.boat.chai.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🎂 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Kite#Dust#Sand67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Brick-Sand-2012” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “letmein51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “plumtoastlampkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Brick@Lamp@2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 Is “Saanvi_Drum_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ferntoastpearl11 (b) BrickLampFrog51
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern.toast.gold.20 (b) Mango.61
- 31.🔐 Is “lakekiteleaf34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome-Seed76 (b) CornFrogMoon23
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickwolfnest17 (b) Shell_Rain_Lotus59
- 34.🔐 “Qwerty_Lotus63” 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) tent#kite#hill#17 (b) Admin.Drum39
- 36.🔐 “Letmein-Wolf36” 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
- 37.🔐 “toastfernleaf35” 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
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
Answer key
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- PlumSandLamp70
- weak
- Brick!Nest!Mango65
- strong
- 12
- has a name or year
- corn_gold_bell_88
- 4
- Hill.Seed.Lake18
- Shell-Boat-Pearl64
- 17
- has a common word
- NestBoatMoon77
- 14
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- BrickLampFrog51
- fern.toast.gold.20
- weak
- CornFrogMoon23
- Shell_Rain_Lotus59
- has a common word
- tent#kite#hill#17
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 2
- 3
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