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) Rain_70 (b) BrickRiverVine35
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@boat@shell@41 (b) drumleafsand73
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakewolfhill58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.Mango.Tiger25 (b) Tiger_16
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.63 (b) ship#pearl#river#28
- 6.🔐 “sandpearlwolf40” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverlampgold28 (b) WolfRainGold32
- 8.🔐 “pondbellgoldcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampchaipearlmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Dust.26” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “mangoleafplumboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2015 (b) Mango!Drum!Dust28
- 13.🔐 Is “Meera2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “mangoshipsand44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Shell62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Meera-Ship-38” 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
- 17.🔐 “hillriverbellshell” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “ChaiShellNest55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusnestwheel66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldnesthill74 (b) Seed@Pond@Bell16
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafmoonsandfrog (b) rain!leaf!gold!84
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-Plum-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine#dust#gold#22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondraingoldneem (b) pearl-mango-cloud-57
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverPlumFrog20 (b) Password.Dust56
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Rain@Neem34 (b) Kabir2012
- 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan.Corn.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#plum#river#65 (b) hillferndrumlotus
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemLeafPond50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Qwerty_Bell48” 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
- 33.🔐 “Pearl-67” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog@hill@lamp@41 (b) Ishaan!Rain!14
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickcorndust24 (b) ToastBoatWheel57
- 36.🔐 “Bell-66” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Kite#2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Tiger@61 (b) LampPearlLotus36
- 39.🔐 Is “Dust-Wolf-Ship17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Drum-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- BrickRiverVine35
- rain@boat@shell@41
- 2
- Shell.Mango.Tiger25
- ship#pearl#river#28
- fewer than 3 kinds
- WolfRainGold32
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- shorter than 12
- 17
- Mango!Drum!Dust28
- weak
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 16
- Seed@Pond@Bell16
- rain!leaf!gold!84
- 4
- 3
- pearl-mango-cloud-57
- RiverPlumFrog20
- Wolf@Rain@Neem34
- risky
- 4
- 3
- lamp#plum#river#65
- 14
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- frog@hill@lamp@41
- ToastBoatWheel57
- shorter than 12
- 4
- LampPearlLotus36
- strong
- weak
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