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.🔐 Is “nest.ship.sand.52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Rain@17” 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir!Brick!79 (b) Rain_Pond_Moon32
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandvinewheelgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatmangocornlake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “kitedrumrain54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “VineHillDust38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🎂 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentlotusboatrain (b) gold-hill-fern-12
- 12.🔐 Is “Frog!Toast!Ship72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Sand-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatShipFern53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2012 (b) mango#corn#toast#58
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl.hill.wheel.73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Nest_29” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “LakeFernWolf27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemboathillmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@Gold@Neem38 (b) shellwolfdrumkite
- 21.🔐 “hillkitebrick69” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake!Corn!Boat28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Wolf.Kite.2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Ship-68” 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
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 26.🔐 Is “pearl_seed_lake_38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “LampWheelDust39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Arjun-Cloud-36” 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
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 30.🔐 Is “mango-wheel-cloud-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “kite#leaf#frog#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Lake-Nest53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “brick-gold-sand-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Kite83 (b) fern@chai@toast@24
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernshipneem18 (b) shell!chai!toast!37
- 36.🔐 Is “sand_drum_river_64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Boat86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “brickwolfkitesand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Diya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- 7
- 7
- shorter than 12
- Rain_Pond_Moon32
- 1
- 1
- weak
- strong
- others can guess it
- gold-hill-fern-12
- strong
- weak
- 3
- mango#corn#toast#58
- 19
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 1
- Tent@Gold@Neem38
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 3
- strong
- 15
- has a name or year
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- 4
- strong
- fern@chai@toast@24
- shell!chai!toast!37
- strong
- 14
- 17
- weak
- 9
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