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 “NestDustWheel62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Ship-Lamp-Shell81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 4.🔐 “Letmein-Dust67” 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
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 6.🔐 “brickshellfern27” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp_Moon_Tent85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernbellseedship (b) LakeSeedWolf72
- 9.🔐 Is “Rain#Cloud#Boat13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Cloud!10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlvinesand48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Leaf39 (b) rain#river#pearl#26
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “kitemangoshellriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-83 (b) lake-hill-vine-88
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Pearl79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Neem#23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Toast@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Corn.Sand.Tiger10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “Rohan@Bell@10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite@shell@corn@22 (b) Aarav.Tent.70
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel-cloud-tiger-57 (b) kitemoonseed73
- 26.🔐 “lotuscornfrog34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 28.🔐 “Diya.Toast.65” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “Meera2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoRiverFrog71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogMoonGold86 (b) iloveyou55
- 32.🔐 Is “moon.rain.tiger.10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Bell87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerRiverLeaf26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Dust.72 (b) Brick@Pond@Vine54
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera#Frog#82 (b) Shell!Lake!Kite10
- 39.🔐 Is “letmein69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Leaf-Nest-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- strong
- strong
- risky
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- LakeSeedWolf72
- strong
- 4
- 13
- 2
- rain#river#pearl#26
- 19
- lake-hill-vine-88
- 12
- 4
- 9
- weak
- 16
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- kite@shell@corn@22
- wheel-cloud-tiger-57
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- has a name or year
- weak
- 16
- FrogMoonGold86
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 7
- 3
- Brick@Pond@Vine54
- Shell!Lake!Kite10
- weak
- has a name or year
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