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) Kite.Pearl.Dust61 (b) laketigerwolffern
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumWheelKite22 (b) cloudgoldriver13
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfshipfroghill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome.Cloud21 (b) BoatLampTent14
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf-brick-tent-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.Fern.Vine10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Brick#2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoDrumLeaf27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Sand31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Dust!31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “wheelrainhill32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “seedtoastneem50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “TentWolfTiger81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Seed68 (b) Tiger-Plum-Lake72
- 16.🔐 Is “Boat_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick#Rain#Tiger59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!Plum!2017 (b) cloud#river#nest#69
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Pearl@2010 (b) GoldSandShip34
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2015 (b) Lake_Boat_Leaf60
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.corn.neem.62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “fern#neem#tent#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “kitemoonleaf50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Leaf-2009 (b) Cloud@Shell@Nest30
- 28.🔐 Is “Tara2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#River75 (b) Moon!River!Nest14
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir!Gold!84 (b) RainLotusMoon14
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangofernpearl70 (b) Sand#Chai#Seed19
- 32.🔐 “Password-Toast24” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Cloud49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl.shell.dust.35 (b) Admin#Sand21
- 36.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 37.🔐 Is “Kite_Gold_Frog47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Lamp@Corn@Neem81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Fern.24” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold#wheel#drum#63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Kite.Pearl.Dust61
- DrumWheelKite22
- 16
- BoatLampTent14
- 18
- others can guess it
- 16
- 4
- 15
- 12
- weak
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Tiger-Plum-Lake72
- weak
- 4
- cloud#river#nest#69
- 3
- GoldSandShip34
- 2
- 8
- Lake_Boat_Leaf60
- 3
- strong
- 14
- Cloud@Shell@Nest30
- weak
- Moon!River!Nest14
- RainLotusMoon14
- Sand#Chai#Seed19
- has a common word
- 3
- 4
- pearl.shell.dust.35
- 12
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 3
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