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.🔐 “Kite.River.2012” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlBellShell22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand!neem!tiger!28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “PlumNestBell59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 7.🔐 “Diya-Drum-12” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn!Hill!Tiger52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Mango@Wolf@2016” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine!Bell!Leaf20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “shiplakehillboat” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricklakedrum44 (b) toast-corn-mango-13
- 13.🔐 Is “Fern#River#Neem74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) gold!leaf!kite!25
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship-neem-frog-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Gold!45” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@Lake@2009 (b) NestPondSand15
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Chai_Vine79 (b) Cloud-14
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudLampRain58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Nisha#Chai#10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Mango@36 (b) neem_shell_rain_50
- 23.🔐 “Brick.83” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Bell-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Nest!Seed!2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger@cloud@pearl@82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Letmein.Cloud46” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 28.🔐 Is “Bell_Sand_Wheel22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “gold!wheel!lake!43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Toast16 (b) Pearl-Gold-Ship78
- 32.🔐 “Brick@20” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerVineTent54 (b) mangohillrain25
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerPondCorn38 (b) tigerlotusplumhill
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Admin_Gold17” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum#brick#chai#43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Frog.79” 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
- 39.🔐 “Ananya_Shell_41” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus#bell#kite#44 (b) toastwolfgold75
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 3
- others can guess it
- 3
- strong
- 12
- has a name or year
- 17
- has a name or year
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- toast-corn-mango-13
- strong
- gold!leaf!kite!25
- 3
- shorter than 12
- NestPondSand15
- Neem_Chai_Vine79
- 15
- has a name or year
- 4
- neem_shell_rain_50
- shorter than 12
- 14
- has a name or year
- 20
- has a common word
- strong
- emojis
- 18
- Pearl-Gold-Ship78
- shorter than 12
- TigerVineTent54
- TigerPondCorn38
- 9
- has a common word
- 3
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- lotus#bell#kite#44
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