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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dusttigerneem35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Rain28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Wolf@Bell@2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “river.corn.plum.80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Tiger!Hill!Kite87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 “Leaf.Seed.2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “admin37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Lotus#Cloud#Brick18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Chai86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Lotus#68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “FrogSeedRain73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Lotus.25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick#Sand#Drum31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “vinelotusbrickpearl” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-Kite-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudbrickshiprain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#wheel#seed#52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Wheel_75” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Vine24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🎂 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Rain_Boat_Tent30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogLotusNest41 (b) Letmein.Sand14
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “seeddrumshelllotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Hill@2018 (b) River@Bell@Wolf35
- 27.🔐 Is “Shell@Lake@2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusHillDrum59 (b) Arjun2016
- 30.🔐 Is “River!Mango!Pond78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Leaf.2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Pond!30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Toast.Tent.Shell13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumtoastseedlake (b) CloudTigerRiver68
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty14 (b) Fern#Plum#Sand30
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “boatneemshipshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “mangolakeseedlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 2
- 15
- has a name or year
- 3
- 18
- strong
- has a name or year
- 7
- strong
- 4
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 18
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- others can guess it
- strong
- FrogLotusNest41
- 3
- weak
- River@Bell@Wolf35
- weak
- emojis
- LotusHillDrum59
- strong
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 8
- 3
- risky
- CloudTigerRiver68
- Fern#Plum#Sand30
- 17
- weak
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