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) Plum@River@2016 (b) Corn_Pond_Neem50
- 2.🔐 “Mango.Lotus.2008” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “moon#drum#bell#70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Dust#Rain#2017” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Password!Neem11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “brickleafpond13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔐 Is “Leaf-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipLeafPearl22 (b) iloveyou79
- 9.🔐 “Admin!Tent49” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Pearl-Kite-Frog25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern#Kite#Ship75 (b) iloveyou29
- 12.🔐 Is “Ishaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedleafnest54 (b) Boat-Neem-Plum73
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome10 (b) HillMangoVine88
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumsandrain73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “RainKiteLake23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 18.🔐 Is “Wheel#Lamp#Chai24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “vinesandkite25” 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
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 22.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust!moon!kite!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raintentfrog37 (b) BrickShipMoon84
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 26.🔐 Is “Lake@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Sand-71 (b) TigerBoatHill18
- 28.🔐 “Fern_76” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “neemcornshelltiger” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “goldlampdust83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Frog@2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Fern-Neem-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!36 (b) Mango#Wolf#Drum36
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 37.🔐 “Password-Kite84” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “letmein36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “boatcloudpondbell” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Corn_Pond_Neem50
- has a name or year
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- ShipLeafPearl22
- has a common word
- strong
- Fern#Kite#Ship75
- weak
- Boat-Neem-Plum73
- HillMangoVine88
- 2
- strong
- 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- others can guess it
- in your head
- 3
- BrickShipMoon84
- risky
- weak
- TigerBoatHill18
- shorter than 12
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 14
- 8
- weak
- Mango#Wolf#Drum36
- 3
- has a common word
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
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