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) Sand.Neem.Shell77 (b) Hill-Tent-2009
- 2.🔐 “Password.Tiger29” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “Boat_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Shell-Toast-2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum#dust#shell#87 (b) nestvinefern23
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Lake82 (b) Leaf@Tent@Brick28
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf.Mango.Lamp12 (b) Tara!Seed!72
- 8.🔐 “kitevinetentnest” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Gold_Kite78 (b) Nisha@Tiger@67
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel@lamp@boat@71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty50 (b) Boat@Tiger@Cloud10
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 13.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Dust-38” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “Wolf.Moon.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.Neem.Tiger12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!Toast!Kite47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern-Seed-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Moon-Fern62 (b) River@Neem@2015
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoSeedWolf78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Corn_17” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Welcome@Tiger64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “lamp-moon-river-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Wheel!Boat!2016” 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
- 29.🔐 “plumrivershipbrick” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Wheel-Nest37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Wheel52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship_Chai_2011 (b) Gold#Ship#Wheel89
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 36.🔐 “Tara.Vine.37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest_lamp_shell_29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Rohan.Cloud.61” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “toast.leaf.drum.15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “hillfernseed23” 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
Answer key
- Sand.Neem.Shell77
- has a common word
- weak
- has a name or year
- plum#dust#shell#87
- Leaf@Tent@Brick28
- Leaf.Mango.Lamp12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Neem_Gold_Kite78
- 18
- Boat@Tiger@Cloud10
- 12
- others can guess it
- 7
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 2
- 4
- 17
- emojis
- 4
- 10
- Rain-Moon-Fern62
- 15
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- 4
- Gold#Ship#Wheel89
- 2
- risky
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a name or year
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
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