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) plumnesttigermango (b) lake!gold!plum!21
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 3.🔐 Is “BellFrogTiger71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake@66 (b) hill-gold-kite-57
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-lotus-shell-25 (b) Leaf.Lamp.2010
- 7.🔐 “River@Hill@2018” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!mango!lake!51 (b) Ananya2008
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun@Dust@38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Pond_Plum84 (b) laketoastwheel81
- 11.🔐 Is “Meera2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Sand23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Brick_Pearl_River50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampfernlakeboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondNestSand86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “River!43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-78 (b) drum@fern@lake@35
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Cloud.Wolf66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “welcome17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Pond@Tent@2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Rain.39 (b) Brick_Pearl_Fern56
- 23.🔐 “Lotus!75” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfraintiger11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornneemsandshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Fern_Mango31 (b) Rohan2015
- 27.🔐 Is “sandkiteshelldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “Vine#Leaf#Tiger69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Brick.Tent28 (b) Nisha2010
- 30.🔐 “Lotus-81” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentHillVine25 (b) Wheel@Pond@2011
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@Vine@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Neem68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Password_Rain73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “iloveyou46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Tent-Wheel-Lake65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Arjun2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud_Kite_Tent89 (b) Ananya2016
- 40.🔐 Is “Brick@Tiger@Lake43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- lake!gold!plum!21
- risky
- strong
- others can guess it
- hill-gold-kite-57
- lamp-lotus-shell-25
- has a name or year
- fern!mango!lake!51
- 13
- Gold_Pond_Plum84
- weak
- 4
- strong
- 1
- 3
- 8
- drum@fern@lake@35
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- 10
- Brick_Pearl_Fern56
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 1
- Ship_Fern_Mango31
- weak
- strong
- River.Brick.Tent28
- shorter than 12
- TentHillVine25
- 3
- 4
- weak
- weak
- weak
- strong
- weak
- Cloud_Kite_Tent89
- strong
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