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.🔐 “fernwheelsand73” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “frogtoastboatlake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “brick-lake-frog-86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoBellKite22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern-seed-dust-67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 8.🔐 “Ship#Neem#2017” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivernestlamptoast (b) river_moon_tiger_45
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 Is “Chai_25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Tent-43 (b) RainBrickGold10
- 14.🔐 “boatnestplum77” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “shell@rain@kite@30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Welcome_Fern15” 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
- 17.🔐 “Boat#River#2016” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Ship#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “admin13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus_drum_tent_62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_Mango_Pearl27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “pondtigerlakeship” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty78 (b) Lake#River#Wolf70
- 28.🔐 Is “WheelBrickShell66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Lake45 (b) river!pond!tent!45
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “hilllampdrumship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “LampBellWolf28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandpearlbell87 (b) PlumMangoFrog30
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonTentToast47 (b) iloveyou87
- 36.🔐 “shipmangoneem39” 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 characters are in “Cloud_Moon_2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “admin51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellhillshiptiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine@Cloud@Wheel37 (b) chaidrumhill78
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- strong
- 3
- 3
- risky
- has a name or year
- river_moon_tiger_45
- 12
- emojis
- weak
- RainBrickGold10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 3
- 4
- weak
- 3
- 18
- 4
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- Lake#River#Wolf70
- strong
- river!pond!tent!45
- 9
- 2
- weak
- 14
- PlumMangoFrog30
- MoonTentToast47
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- 1
- Vine@Cloud@Wheel37
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