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) NeemLotusLamp57 (b) moontigerrainshell
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfbellshellhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Lamp89 (b) Chai#Cloud#Bell67
- 5.🔐 “drumgoldvineboat” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2009 (b) cloud-wheel-drum-50
- 7.🔐 “cornfernplum84” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein21 (b) tent.corn.lotus.42
- 9.🔐 Is “Sand@Lotus@Vine85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Wolf@Mango@Tent80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “boatnestchaileaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “seedbellwheelmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “pearl@fern@river@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “Lotus@21” 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
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou.Sand11 (b) RiverTigerPond56
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Rain-2018 (b) Frog@Mango@Chai27
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 20.🔐 Is “Dust.Wolf.Ship32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Sand.Neem.2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔐 Is “Lotus.63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Lotus!Rain31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Toast@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 26.🔐 Is “bell-pond-dust-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Diya-Kite-41” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “sandnestleafpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “cornrivercloudlotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 Is “Pond_14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “seed@river@toast@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Arjun!Tent!30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “clouddrumplum88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “goldcornfrogshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Drum@Bell@Cloud73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Letmein-Chai84” 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
- 37.🔐 “Qwerty@Plum32” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “River-Boat-Mango84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonTigerPearl57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “goldmangolotuslake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- NeemLotusLamp57
- 3
- 17
- Chai#Cloud#Bell67
- fewer than 3 kinds
- cloud-wheel-drum-50
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tent.corn.lotus.42
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- strong
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- RiverTigerPond56
- Frog@Mango@Chai27
- 7
- risky
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- weak
- emojis
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- 2
- weak
- strong
- has a common word
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- weak
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