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 “ship#lotus#pearl#21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!Bell!2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.rain.dust.87 (b) tigertoastbrick12
- 4.🔐 Is “Arjun2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Password@Cloud54” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “Tara-Sand-41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “fernmoongoldriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Leaf.2012 (b) shell@wolf@sand@66
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai_rain_boat_10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Arjun.Ship.47” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “wolfvineleafshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerseedcorn41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “plumvineneemship” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Shell@Frog@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2013 (b) neem-bell-gold-28
- 16.🔐 “Meera_Drum_29” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “hilldustcorn39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Ship-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold!hill!neem!84 (b) lakeleaftiger10
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 23.🔐 Is “Sand!Pond!Leaf14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Seed.20” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent-Gold-Sand86 (b) Kabir2015
- 26.🔐 Is “brick#plum#neem#72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “frogleafbrick67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.kite.gold.23 (b) froglotusferntiger
- 29.🔐 “Lamp@Lake@2011” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “ChaiFrogShell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Lotus.Pearl.2013” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@27 (b) PondMoonWheel31
- 33.🔐 Is “Letmein_Neem16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Hill-Drum61 (b) iloveyou68
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#Tiger#Chai16 (b) admin73
- 36.🔐 “Iloveyou-Sand44” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Bell.River.Lotus63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Hill.Seed44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Seed70 (b) Hill!Wheel!Cloud43
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell!lake!wolf!89 (b) Iloveyou-River30
Answer key
- strong
- 14
- leaf.rain.dust.87
- weak
- has a common word
- weak
- 17
- shell@wolf@sand@66
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- neem-bell-gold-28
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- gold!hill!neem!84
- 3
- emojis
- others can guess it
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Tent-Gold-Sand86
- strong
- weak
- tent.kite.gold.23
- has a name or year
- strong
- has a name or year
- PondMoonWheel31
- weak
- Neem-Hill-Drum61
- Toast#Tiger#Chai16
- has a common word
- strong
- 17
- Hill!Wheel!Cloud43
- shell!lake!wolf!89
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