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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum#75 (b) shell!lake!mango!19
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.Rain.Bell15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “rain#drum#tent#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeRiverSeed17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerbrickfernchai (b) BoatBrickPond65
- 8.🔐 Is “WolfShipBoat19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakedrumgoldnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “Tiger_Bell_Lake77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustBrickLamp15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “boatseedcloud83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Leaf-50 (b) LotusHillBoat35
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Plum-River18 (b) shellkitepearlfern
- 15.🔐 Is “chaitoastmoon68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Sand15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “RainShellToast32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_Sand_Leaf25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Brick@Drum@2014” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Lake@Fern@2015” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir_Lamp_25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Tiger!Lake!Neem13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Tiger26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Ship@Tiger@Vine28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship_frog_cloud_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “Pond_Tent_2016” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein_Lake40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “welcome52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.Ship.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Bell.19” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!51 (b) Leaf!Sand!Wheel50
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Neem#Leaf45 (b) Arjun2013
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome#Kite41 (b) TentPlumWheel87
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Ship60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudBellLeaf59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-38 (b) Leaf!Mango!Tiger33
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “pondboattiger77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Frog@59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- shell!lake!mango!19
- 16
- strong
- 12
- risky
- 3
- BoatBrickPond65
- strong
- 1
- strong
- 3
- 15
- LotusHillBoat35
- Chai-Plum-River18
- weak
- 12
- 16
- 16
- has a name or year
- 10
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 14
- 3
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- 14
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
- Leaf!Sand!Wheel50
- River#Neem#Leaf45
- TentPlumWheel87
- 15
- 15
- Leaf!Mango!Tiger33
- 15
- shorter than 12
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