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 “RiverCloudSeed40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 3.🔐 Is “KiteWheelFern44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 “Ishaan_Corn_45” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatMangoPlum13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand!tiger!fern!73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “riverleafcorngold” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “Pearl!81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern_kite_mango_32 (b) Kabir2008
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “vine-brick-lake-67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Gold24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Cloud.Toast11 (b) Nisha_Sand_18
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Seed@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “boat.lotus.sand.51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango@Chai@Seed71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Boat!Lamp20 (b) Cloud@Frog@2017
- 18.🔐 Is “kiteneemsanddrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan_Toast_31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “chaidustkitesand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “Tara!Nest!82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 Is “vinefernseedmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Dust.30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔐 Is “admin34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-toast-frog-44 (b) Diya2009
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-Wheel-2018 (b) plum@hill@pearl@42
- 27.🔐 Is “wheelmangorivervine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) safe (d) required
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river_mango_boat_87 (b) Seed-31
- 30.🔐 Is “Arjun_Drum_39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “fernboatsandnest” 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
- 32.🔐 “Password.Fern24” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem.drum.fern.59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Aarav@Shell@45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Sand!Lake!2008” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Bell@Neem@Frog86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Lake#Wheel#Moon17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “Ananya2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Qwerty@Tent43” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- others can guess it
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fern_kite_mango_32
- 18
- weak
- Mango.Cloud.Toast11
- 15
- 18
- 4
- 2
- Plum!Boat!Lamp20
- weak
- 14
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
- hill-toast-frog-44
- plum@hill@pearl@42
- weak
- risky
- river_mango_boat_87
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- 4
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