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.🔐 “cloudwolfdrumleaf” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Vine32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “brick.boat.wolf.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2017 (b) lake!shell!chai!26
- 7.🔐 Is “Ishaan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “River@Mango@Toast52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Brick!Drum!2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “lamplaketiger83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Bell!Tiger!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “WheelChaiHill10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest!sand!chai!41 (b) lamptoastcloud27
- 15.🔐 Is “Tiger#Drum#Neem71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “cornleafcloudtent” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf#pearl#gold#13 (b) Corn-Pearl-2011
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Shell.Boat46 (b) Lotus!16
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Boat63 (b) LakeMoonShip30
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “toast_fern_rain_47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “gold-shell-nest-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill-Nest-Sand38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Tiger29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Wheel19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Bell-Mango-Pearl21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 27.🔐 Is “nest-corn-hill-74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “ShellBoatWheel40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Hill#2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Boat-81” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@Tiger@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustLampVine80 (b) Vihaan#Bell#75
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) pearl.river.neem.85
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Lotus_Gold_River25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Chai_Wolf_Leaf58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Sand-55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “vinetenthillchai” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotuslampvinefern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 18
- 12
- others can guess it
- lake!shell!chai!26
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- 15
- weak
- 4
- strong
- nest!sand!chai!41
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- wolf#pearl#gold#13
- Moon.Shell.Boat46
- LakeMoonShip30
- 18
- strong
- 16
- 16
- 15
- strong
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 15
- DustLampVine80
- pearl.river.neem.85
- risky
- 9
- strong
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
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