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 “LotusPearlVine64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp-wheel-plum-77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger@Pearl@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Meera2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “Ananya@Boat@49” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog.74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “seedtentship57” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast.pond.lake.50 (b) Nest.40
- 10.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 11.🔐 Is “Tent!Wolf!Neem59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineFrogDust50 (b) admin22
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond#Hill#2013 (b) ShipShellMango20
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.Nest.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!Plum!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudwheelcorn57 (b) Kite-Moon-Wheel11
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@bell@brick@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “hill#boat#river#14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf_plum_hill_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Cloud!Kite!2008” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “RainKiteLamp46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “brickfrognestbell” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “tentseedneemsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolflakekite74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!toast!seed!82 (b) Chai@River@2018
- 28.🔐 “leaflakerainship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome12 (b) Rain.Cloud.Brick70
- 30.🔐 “lampkiteplumcloud” 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
- 31.🔐 “kiteboatfern17” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverCornFern38 (b) letmein30
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Neem-Lotus40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum!drum!pond!16 (b) Neem_45
- 35.🔐 “pondlakeneemcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun.Mango.14 (b) Fern_Pond_Drum12
- 37.🔐 “plumriverboat86” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog@51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “wolf-seed-vine-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Nest-Cloud-Gold50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- 16
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- toast.pond.lake.50
- in your head
- strong
- VineFrogDust50
- ShipShellMango20
- 14
- 14
- Kite-Moon-Wheel11
- 3
- strong
- emojis
- 12
- 17
- has a name or year
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 2
- lotus!toast!seed!82
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Rain.Cloud.Brick70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- RiverCornFern38
- 17
- plum!drum!pond!16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Fern_Pond_Drum12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- strong
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