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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hilltigerleaf56 (b) Lotus_Cloud_Chai58
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Cloud#48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 4.🔐 “Rain_Wheel_2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Brick-Tent89 (b) admin81
- 6.🔐 “Rohan@Rain@79” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “Wheel-Pond-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “leaf-lamp-ship-40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Pond-17” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold@frog@pearl@26 (b) vineshiptigerseed
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Fern!11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.63 (b) Moon#Toast#Tiger14
- 13.🔐 “pearlgoldkiteship” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusDrumChai57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “letmein26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangotigerpond60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Rain56 (b) Lamp_Fern_Shell47
- 19.🔐 “shiplotustoastpond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔐 Is “brick!cloud!river!51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Lake@Plum@2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeTigerCloud57 (b) welcome74
- 23.🔐 Is “Toast-Gold-Kite14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “plumferndrum54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Plum#2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “admin79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Chai#Pond#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Seed#72” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatBrickRain19 (b) leaftentrivertiger
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogWheelSeed58 (b) plumcornlake53
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Rain-37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 35.🔐 “Tara.Boat.75” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Pearl@Dust37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerplumlake53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.64 (b) MangoBellNeem22
- 40.🔐 “shiplotusmangocloud” 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
Answer key
- Lotus_Cloud_Chai58
- 14
- 3
- has a name or year
- Sand-Brick-Tent89
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- gold@frog@pearl@26
- 14
- Moon#Toast#Tiger14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- 2
- risky
- Lamp_Fern_Shell47
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- LakeTigerCloud57
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 4
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- BoatBrickRain19
- FrogWheelSeed58
- 4
- emojis
- 12
- has a name or year
- 18
- 15
- 3
- MangoBellNeem22
- fewer than 3 kinds
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