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 “ship-leaf-kite-88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumLampBell62 (b) Tara@Plum@40
- 3.🔐 “River_Mango_2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔐 Is “neemrainlamp79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ChaiPlumWheel85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “password57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 9.🔐 “Admin!Lamp26” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine.31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Moon-Dust-Neem59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Plum#Drum#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Dust@44” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Lake!Tent!Frog47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “shipmangorain20” 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
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverCornSeed61 (b) Tara2014
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogKiteShip26 (b) toastriverchai72
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship!brick!bell!86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerVineRain64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “mangokitelamplake” 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
- 26.🔐 “Aarav.Pond.67” 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
- 27.🔐 “River-Bell-2009” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_neem_cloud_11 (b) Vihaan#Neem#78
- 29.🔐 Is “hillwheelkitefrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Arjun-River-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Password#Wolf28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “GoldWolfBoat31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Sand#60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “KiteChaiRiver47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Vine@River@2013” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Mango-Drum28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 39.🔐 “cloudmangosand25” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudmoontoastlake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- PlumLampBell62
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 9
- 10
- 12
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- RiverCornSeed61
- emojis
- 9
- FrogKiteShip26
- 3
- 3
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- lamp_neem_cloud_11
- weak
- 9
- weak
- weak
- strong
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- 17
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
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