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 “Letmein#Lake14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “nest!fern!wheel!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Drum#26 (b) MoonDrumCloud72
- 4.🔐 “Sand.18” 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
- 5.🔐 “Kite!14” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Fern.2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaffernneemmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “sand_corn_fern_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “LeafHillLake79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in a class chat (d) in your head
- 12.🔐 Is “Tara_Brick_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “River@10” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumlampbricklotus (b) Drum@Rain@Cloud35
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “goldhillboat15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2017 (b) Boat_Drum_Lamp51
- 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango#50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “riverlotusvinelamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “kitechaineemship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Lamp!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Sand25 (b) MangoDrumTiger27
- 25.🔐 Is “mangorainvine54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Lake-Tiger-Pond17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakewolffrog15 (b) KiteTigerCorn19
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chainestwheelcorn (b) Leaf.Sand.Rain31
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipPearlBell52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 32.🔐 “Qwerty-Cloud89” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “GoldChaiMoon17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “Nisha_Tiger_36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 Is “Tiger-Vine-Boat72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Lotus_43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔐 Is “Mango_66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Pond.2008 (b) Pearl@Neem@Pond23
- 39.🔐 “Vine#75” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “admin25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- weak
- strong
- MoonDrumCloud72
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 1
- strong
- strong
- 8
- in your head
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Drum@Rain@Cloud35
- 10
- 14
- Boat_Drum_Lamp51
- others can guess it
- 8
- weak
- 16
- 12
- 14
- MangoDrumTiger27
- weak
- strong
- KiteTigerCorn19
- Leaf.Sand.Rain31
- 3
- 15
- risky
- has a common word
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Pearl@Neem@Pond23
- shorter than 12
- 7
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