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 “Sand#Leaf#2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat@bell@lotus@86 (b) Lamp@52
- 3.🔐 Is “Nest#River#Shell51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondCloudLamp42 (b) qwerty48
- 5.🔐 “pearlnestshipkite” 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
- 6.🔐 “Lake#13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiBellShip77 (b) Drum!River!2012
- 8.🔐 “Shell.Neem.2016” 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.🔐 “Tara-Moon-61” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-40 (b) neem-toast-lake-29
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “admin25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Pearl11 (b) Corn-Leaf-Neem87
- 13.🔐 Is “Dust_52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Letmein_Rain44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 18.🔐 Is “Ship#Tent#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Arjun_Leaf_77” 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
- 21.🔐 “River-17” 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
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MoonPearlKite40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-Seed-Neem46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “leafpearltentmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Nest78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern-neem-tent-58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerRiverNeem86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou.Rain76” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastcloudfrog46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou27 (b) TentPondSeed26
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “sandnestmoon76” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl.47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “pond.leaf.vine.70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password16 (b) BrickWolfGold66
- 38.🔐 “Wolf#Gold#2017” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “Vine.58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipwheelwolfkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- boat@bell@lotus@86
- strong
- PondCloudLamp42
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- ChaiBellShip77
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- neem-toast-lake-29
- 7
- Corn-Leaf-Neem87
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- emojis
- 12
- weak
- 9
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- risky
- 3
- 17
- 2
- 18
- 14
- 3
- 16
- has a common word
- 2
- TentPondSeed26
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- BrickWolfGold66
- has a name or year
- weak
- 1
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