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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Toast16 (b) Wolf@Frog@Bell45
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_Shell_Ship66 (b) Nisha2013
- 4.🔐 Is “TigerLotusToast87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Plum_Toast24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “BrickLakeBell42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “bell.shell.ship.79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Wolf-Hill51 (b) raincornleaflotus
- 10.🔐 Is “gold_lotus_vine_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 12.🔐 “lakemoonseedleaf” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “password21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-Brick-Dust82 (b) plumwolfcorn79
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera@Tiger@69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “hill.tent.toast.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 “Tara-Pond-61” 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
- 18.🎂 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river#fern#tiger#11 (b) admin27
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “password58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-Leaf-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Seed@Neem@Hill70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “Saanvi2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Rain#Frog76 (b) shipriverchaifrog
- 26.🔐 “River@Pearl@2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “frogseedgold18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Neem-Leaf50 (b) Lotus-Kite-2012
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlboatship33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumcloudlampbell (b) Neem_Lake_Bell63
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp_drum_gold_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “Plum.13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “neem_rain_hill_22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 35.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Tiger19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “FernPlumBoat56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf!brick!kite!47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Gold@Seed48 (b) kitemoonleaf41
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudneemgoldleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Drum.Bell54 (b) Tiger!81
Answer key
- risky
- Wolf@Frog@Bell45
- River_Shell_Ship66
- strong
- 4
- strong
- strong
- 10
- Corn-Wolf-Hill51
- strong
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Pearl-Brick-Dust82
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- river#fern#tiger#11
- 10
- 15
- 9
- strong
- weak
- Sand#Rain#Frog76
- has a name or year
- 14
- River-Neem-Leaf50
- 15
- Neem_Lake_Bell63
- 17
- weak
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 14
- 3
- Frog@Gold@Seed48
- 1
- Nest.Drum.Bell54
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