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) TentLeafFrog76 (b) chaipearltiger20
- 2.🔐 Is “Lake#Pond#Mango46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 4.🔐 “Pearl-Hill-2009” 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
- 5.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickBoatDust80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestCloudPearl74 (b) Seed_89
- 8.🔐 “Vine.35” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Leaf57 (b) lotus.gold.tiger.16
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “VineToastBell44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “bellchailamplotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “RainDustVine48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusChaiKite88 (b) Boat-21
- 15.🔐 “brickchaicorn85” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kiteriverfernmoon (b) MangoNeemGold38
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Bell_31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Ishaan_Vine_58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Corn.Nest.2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Lake84 (b) River-Lake-Boat13
- 21.🔐 “kitecornnesttiger” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir_Toast_17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafchaibelllamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-Lotus-Corn11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “dust_corn_mango_80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “goldplumchai30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 27.🔐 Is “sand!lamp!ship!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatTigerBrick40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 30.🔐 Is “BoatCloudLeaf37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “SandCornSeed46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Letmein@Pond28” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondPlumNest66 (b) shippearlseedkite
- 34.🔐 Is “admin22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.Cloud.Dust67 (b) mooncloudneemdust
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem.toast.rain.79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “cloudmoonleafriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestplumpond21 (b) shell_tent_pearl_80
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Tent#Neem#Toast10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- TentLeafFrog76
- strong
- 12
- has a name or year
- risky
- 15
- NestCloudPearl74
- shorter than 12
- lotus.gold.tiger.16
- emojis
- 15
- 17
- 14
- LotusChaiKite88
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoNeemGold38
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- River-Lake-Boat13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 1
- 4
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 3
- others can guess it
- strong
- 14
- has a common word
- PondPlumNest66
- weak
- Tent.Cloud.Dust67
- 3
- weak
- shell_tent_pearl_80
- 8
- strong
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