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.🔐 Is “Corn@17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2008 (b) NeemSeedWolf37
- 3.🔐 “Brick@Wheel@2015” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “admin41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “wolfshiprainseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud-Hill-Bell18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 8.🔐 Is “Letmein_Brick49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornToastShip14 (b) Kite-81
- 10.🔐 “pondnestmango89” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainLotusNeem84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “tentnestwheel63” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “dust!lamp!wolf!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 15.🔐 “Dust#Shell#2013” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@Dust@2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha.Fern.89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust.Mango.2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Lotus@25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Tent_47 (b) Tent!Pearl!Boat20
- 24.🔐 Is “fern#lotus#shell#49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “fernkitemangomoon” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust#chai#lotus#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Password-Toast56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Drum@2013 (b) RainTentRiver19
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “LampVineToast66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Saanvi!Nest!35” 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 kinds of characters does “Welcome-Mango26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.Frog.2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf!shell!drum!31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumbrickmoon31 (b) Cloud_Frog_Pond47
- 35.🔐 Is “Fern-Mango-Lotus19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell@Sand@Plum11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#25 (b) Pond!Fern!Corn24
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Brick17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Tent_Brick55 (b) Meera2017
Answer key
- weak
- NeemSeedWolf37
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 4
- emojis
- weak
- CornToastShip14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- risky
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- others can guess it
- 4
- 3
- 2
- weak
- Tent!Pearl!Boat20
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- RainTentRiver19
- 15
- has a name or year
- 4
- 14
- 3
- Cloud_Frog_Pond47
- strong
- 4
- Pond!Fern!Corn24
- 4
- 9
- Neem_Tent_Brick55
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