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 “River#Corn#2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand!Gold!Rain63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Cloud_Rain69 (b) lampneemcorn53
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud-vine-plum-28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “vinesandkitepond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 7.🔐 “Plum_Rain_2017” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed-lake-vine-32 (b) Lake-Ship-2013
- 9.🔐 Is “Wolf_Nest_Tiger73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 11.🔐 Is “brick#gold#hill#81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “Cloud#38” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “WheelVineSeed67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Drum-Hill-2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi-Corn-37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitehillneemship (b) ChaiWolfSeed81
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumHillBrick38 (b) Admin!Mango62
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2011 (b) Rain-Plum-Pearl77
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogneemplum17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Pond#Pearl#2014” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “lamppondtoastlake” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “CloudRainPond25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Pearl#Hill50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Nisha#Wolf#13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “leafwolfwheelfrog” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillBoatDrum15 (b) Tara_Mango_31
- 30.🔐 Is “leafriverlotus59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou81 (b) neem-leaf-lotus-67
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 33.🔐 “brickwolfbellwheel” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Lake#42” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “NeemBrickBoat62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Bell_66” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumWheelTiger57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- weak
- 4
- Dust_Cloud_Rain69
- 18
- weak
- emojis
- has a name or year
- seed-lake-vine-32
- strong
- 12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 7
- weak
- 4
- ChaiWolfSeed81
- DrumHillBrick38
- Rain-Plum-Pearl77
- 2
- has a name or year
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 7
- 17
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- HillBoatDrum15
- weak
- neem-leaf-lotus-67
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 9
- 3
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 16
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