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 “Pond_42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “boatwheelfernpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “Plum-River-2009” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Pond62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentMangoKite57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Fern#2010 (b) Shell@Neem@Fern30
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBoatMango24 (b) Mango@14
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “HillRiverShell25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Kabir#Fern#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Password-Lake28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain_shell_plum_85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Shell.16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “ChaiSandRain19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “corncloudtigernest” 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
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 17.🔐 Is “leaf@lamp@corn@61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Neem_Leaf12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiVineLotus17 (b) lotusrainvine59
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern@lake@pond@30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “leafdrumwheelshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Vine#52” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent.Drum.Pearl20 (b) tenthillbellnest
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “plum-rain-nest-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastLeafLamp10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Corn-2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangosanddustriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “moonleafhillgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “toast@neem@pearl@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Plum#Cloud20 (b) Iloveyou.Mango61
- 34.🔐 “Moon!88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf_22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Toast#Ship#Cloud41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Moon!2010 (b) TentKiteGold31
- 38.🔐 “pondtigerseedriver” 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
- 39.🔐 “Pond@86” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “qwerty44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- Shell@Neem@Fern30
- DustBoatMango24
- 16
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- 4
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- strong
- others can guess it
- 16
- ChaiVineLotus17
- 3
- 18
- shorter than 12
- 3
- Tent.Drum.Pearl20
- 17
- 15
- 4
- 1
- 16
- strong
- 12
- Gold#Plum#Cloud20
- shorter than 12
- 7
- strong
- TentKiteGold31
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
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