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 “gold-river-dust-51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “Password.Plum78” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “tigermoonwolffern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “goldraincorn23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverFernChai37 (b) sandbellneemkite
- 7.🔐 Is “TigerSeedRiver48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Ship50 (b) plum.frog.mango.58
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Boat!Bell!Ship27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite_63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “RiverBellRain25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Drum!Rain!2015” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “wheel.kite.cloud.35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Leaf.Wolf.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Toast@35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverTigerWheel72 (b) Nest_36
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Toast!81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusLampPearl83 (b) Mango-30
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 24.🔐 Is “boat_moon_tiger_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Dust!Seed!2008” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-River-74 (b) Boat!Cloud!Brick26
- 27.🔐 “Qwerty_Tiger51” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-dust-fern-54 (b) lampleafkite81
- 29.🔐 Is “River@Cloud@2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.87 (b) HillDrumNest76
- 31.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Vine-84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Rohan-Nest-69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger#gold#river#59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillvinecloudpearl (b) RiverBoatNest48
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Dust.11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_Lamp_Vine77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Lake.Drum.2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Toast_Neem_Leaf73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) River#Pearl#Leaf22
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandfrogcorn20 (b) dust#lake#pond#70
Answer key
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
- weak
- risky
- RiverFernChai37
- strong
- plum.frog.mango.58
- 9
- strong
- 7
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- weak
- RiverTigerWheel72
- 4
- 7
- 4
- LotusLampPearl83
- emojis
- 3
- strong
- has a name or year
- Boat!Cloud!Brick26
- has a common word
- pearl-dust-fern-54
- weak
- HillDrumNest76
- weak
- has a name or year
- 19
- RiverBoatNest48
- 14
- 17
- weak
- strong
- River#Pearl#Leaf22
- dust#lake#pond#70
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