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 “drum@nest@leaf@29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “Dust.Pond.Corn10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Is “Moon!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Fern_Cloud_Plum11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “River.80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “gold@sand@drum@28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “admin34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-boat-pond-73 (b) Dust@50
- 11.🔐 “Shell@59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “tentfernseed83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumlaketoastmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_Fern_River62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “plum!neem!brick!12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Lamp81 (b) DustLeafHill84
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.58 (b) Sand@Bell@River48
- 18.🔐 Is “Brick.Kite.2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaidustgoldwolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Frog31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2016 (b) CloudLakePond82
- 23.🔐 “vinelakesand30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.Wolf.2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Letmein!Tiger29” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Rain!River!Mango42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Lake@25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Letmein.Moon51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river_sand_neem_89 (b) Neem!Wolf!2009
- 31.🔐 Is “nest#lamp#boat#11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Shell-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “cloudvinelotusmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “corncloudmango39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Iloveyou@Cloud83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Kite-Gold-2008” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_Ship_Pearl62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Plum@49 (b) Wheel@Wolf@Ship75
- 40.🔐 “shiptigersand70” 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
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 8
- 3
- 17
- 12
- 7
- sand-boat-pond-73
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 1
- 18
- strong
- DustLeafHill84
- Sand@Bell@River48
- weak
- risky
- 1
- 4
- CloudLakePond82
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a common word
- strong
- weak
- 3
- has a common word
- river_sand_neem_89
- strong
- 4
- weak
- 16
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- Wheel@Wolf@Ship75
- fewer than 3 kinds
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