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 “moonlakeriverpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine-57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “NeemBoatLeaf27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@boat@river@74 (b) admin73
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf!Corn!2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Rain-Leaf60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “mangochaiwolftiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteLampShip16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-cloud-kite-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatTentMango47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Gold-2012 (b) NeemWheelTiger63
- 16.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Pond@Leaf@Wheel32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumcloudneemboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.Corn.Vine77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Wolf-Dust-Toast68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastshipvinewolf (b) Lamp#Ship#Vine80
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelRiverVine79 (b) Dust-79
- 24.🔐 “kiteplumbrick62” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake@Lotus@Boat64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “leafmangolamptoast” 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
- 27.🔐 “Corn@Vine@2013” 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
- 28.🔐 “Saanvi#Corn#14” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornWheelPlum86 (b) iloveyou13
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan@Rain@43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustcloudseed11 (b) Shell@Wolf@Corn86
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornchairiverbell (b) Tiger.Bell.Sand49
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Pond@53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “plum-river-drum-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell#49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Brick-Ship79 (b) Lotus!33
- 37.🔐 “Nisha!Cloud!75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Rain51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum-kite-lotus-42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Chai_Lotus30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- emojis
- 4
- strong
- tiger@boat@river@74
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 18
- risky
- 15
- NeemWheelTiger63
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 1
- 17
- strong
- Lamp#Ship#Vine80
- WheelRiverVine79
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- CornWheelPlum86
- 13
- Shell@Wolf@Corn86
- Tiger.Bell.Sand49
- 4
- strong
- 4
- Toast-Brick-Ship79
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- 4
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