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) Lake-Cloud-Nest62 (b) Diya2018
- 2.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pond-Pearl33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “boat!leaf!ship!23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “qwerty73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernseednest23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat#Kite#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Kabir-Lotus-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Corn40 (b) Kite!Fern!Sand47
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “Tent@Wolf@Lamp28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Aarav#Tent#66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “boatneemfrog81” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “lamp!tiger!vine!75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 17.🔐 Is “MangoMoonCorn41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “frogriverplum74” 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
- 19.🔐 “plumsandwolfdust” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “tent-lake-river-28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “dustfernkitebell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “DrumNeemRiver53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Rain.Wolf.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “corn#nest#lotus#18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverHillMoon81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond@lamp@leaf@33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Fern19 (b) fern_lotus_bell_44
- 28.🔐 Is “Nisha2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi.Boat.51 (b) Bell-Seed-Lake64
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfvinefrog32 (b) WheelChaiPearl41
- 31.🔐 “Letmein_Pearl69” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “password10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Brick29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “chaibelltent25” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf#moon#tent#80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “boatsandleafshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Gold!Seed!Corn36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemferncloud25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Admin_Nest12” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillvinegoldplum (b) BrickKiteNest32
Answer key
- Lake-Cloud-Nest62
- strong
- 17
- weak
- 2
- emojis
- 4
- weak
- 7
- Kite!Fern!Sand47
- 8
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- 16
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 3
- fern_lotus_bell_44
- weak
- Bell-Seed-Lake64
- WheelChaiPearl41
- has a common word
- 10
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- weak
- strong
- 2
- has a common word
- BrickKiteNest32
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