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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Leaf86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Password@Rain50” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldVineBrick11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Diya.Rain.42” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed#kite#dust#32 (b) Drum_Corn_2009
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Tiger.20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Pond25 (b) TigerCloudBoat48
- 10.🔐 “Sand!River!2018” 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
- 11.🔐 “Ship_33” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “raindrumsandriver” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “DustTentLeaf42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogChaiShip76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-River-Gold13 (b) drumleafgoldfern
- 21.🔐 Is “Hill!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondSandRiver52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “ChaiVineLamp84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 26.🔐 Is “WheelRainCloud29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Rohan!Mango!19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 29.🔐 Is “letmein62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin12 (b) wolf.vine.sand.75
- 31.🔐 “Password#Neem10” 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
- 32.🔐 “lampvineneemfrog” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “chailakeplum87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldvinecorncloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Toast-36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#50 (b) DustLeafTiger89
- 37.🔐 Is “moon.brick.chai.51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Aarav.Frog.85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Bell-2008 (b) BrickPearlPond12
Answer key
- risky
- 13
- has a common word
- 15
- 9
- has a name or year
- seed#kite#dust#32
- 13
- TigerCloudBoat48
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 7
- 14
- 12
- 14
- emojis
- Chai-River-Gold13
- weak
- 3
- strong
- 4
- others can guess it
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- weak
- wolf.vine.sand.75
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 1
- shorter than 12
- DustLeafTiger89
- strong
- 9
- weak
- BrickPearlPond12
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