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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp_Drum_Ship76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Tara2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Neem#2016 (b) BoatFrogPearl61
- 4.🔐 Is “moonseeddrumfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelpearltoasttent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “River#Corn#Ship71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “admin20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatPondPlum62 (b) cornriverdustfern
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 10.🔐 Is “sandlotuswolf26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf.cloud.sand.17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!Chai!Tent53 (b) welcome21
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Sand23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!kite!wolf!88 (b) Mango.87
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “qwerty22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 “Letmein-Dust26” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “vine_brick_neem_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “Brick@Ship@2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumpearlbricklake (b) LampFernHill32
- 22.🔐 Is “Arjun@Leaf@84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand_Brick_2016 (b) Seed!Nest!Kite13
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!Toast!Chai65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Plum53 (b) lake!tent!fern!80
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Tent-Nest37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “LakeSandToast22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangolotussand32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Drum@87” 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
- 35.🔐 “pondvinesanddust” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “drumshipvine60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatgoldleafcorn (b) tent!wheel!fern!38
- 38.🔐 Is “mangoraintentdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “brickplumboat24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangodrumriver33 (b) kite!drum!moon!32
Answer key
- 4
- weak
- BoatFrogPearl61
- weak
- 19
- 17
- 7
- BoatPondPlum62
- 12
- weak
- 3
- Neem!Chai!Tent53
- 9
- 4
- pond!kite!wolf!88
- 4
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- has a name or year
- LampFernHill32
- weak
- Seed!Nest!Kite13
- 3
- 3
- emojis
- 17
- 4
- others can guess it
- lake!tent!fern!80
- 4
- strong
- 2
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- tent!wheel!fern!38
- weak
- weak
- kite!drum!moon!32
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