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 kinds of characters does “CornWolfKite45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “CornFernNest72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “river_seed_cloud_46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverfernnestmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “goldleafdrum38” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “welcome21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 “Iloveyou#Dust44” 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
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 9.🔐 “mangoboatsanddust” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Shell!River!Lamp43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!Frog!Brick21 (b) Tent_49
- 14.🔐 Is “tigermangobellriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Moon_Chai_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
- 16.🔐 “seedwolfboatneem” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Leaf#Cloud#Nest15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampRainMoon51 (b) Ship.62
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kiterainwolf57 (b) Plum.Lamp.Pond74
- 20.🔐 “Toast!35” 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.🔐 “Rain-44” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Tiger@Brick@Wolf64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusboatship57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Dust!42” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “wolfmoonriver27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Saanvi_Toast_24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum@Dust@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “RiverMangoPlum14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “MoonShellKite15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “wolfhillneemmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellkitecloud40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “boatleafplumnest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem@tiger@cloud@29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “neem-chai-kite-68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango!Cloud!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Tent@Lotus@Brick20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel!river!pearl!79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Shell.54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Rain-River-2017” 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
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- 19
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 9
- strong
- Neem!Frog!Brick21
- weak
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- LampRainMoon51
- Plum.Lamp.Pond74
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 9
- 2
- shorter than 12
- weak
- has a name or year
- 14
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 17
- 16
- strong
- 20
- 4
- has a name or year
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