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 “lotuscloudnest71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell#Seed#River78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Seed61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteBellBrick31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Wolf_Toast_Lake36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera_Sand_27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldCloudPearl46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel#gold#toast#12 (b) frogwolfbelldrum
- 13.🔐 “Iloveyou-Tiger82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 14.🔐 “Admin!Lake62” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiHillFrog28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “riverseedlotus25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite-dust-plum-50 (b) Wolf-Fern-2013
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Rain-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Chai79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast@wheel@frog@24 (b) hillbelldrumtiger
- 22.🔐 Is “pondkitedrumrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “vinelakeriver57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “hillpondgoldlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “Admin#Moon53” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogRiverShip13 (b) rainnestshell62
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha#Nest#63 (b) Lotus-Ship-Tent25
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#River#Chai28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerMangoShip63 (b) plumpearltigerlake
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#Plum#Bell71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.lake.brick.42 (b) froglotuscloud28
- 32.🔐 “rainriverlamplotus” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “LampPlumLake12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “frogchaifern36” 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
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 37.🔐 Is “LeafToastDrum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Gold#Chai#Tiger64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine#shell#tiger#73 (b) Ananya!Fern!25
Answer key
- weak
- risky
- 4
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 13
- 7
- 16
- wheel#gold#toast#12
- has a common word
- has a common word
- 14
- weak
- kite-dust-plum-50
- 14
- 12
- 4
- toast@wheel@frog@24
- weak
- 15
- weak
- has a common word
- FrogRiverShip13
- Lotus-Ship-Tent25
- 4
- TigerMangoShip63
- 4
- seed.lake.brick.42
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- strong
- 7
- strong
- vine#shell#tiger#73
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