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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill#pearl#vine#73 (b) River!Drum!2008
- 2.🔐 “boatshelltoastpond” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitevinefernwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf!62 (b) Seed_River_Wolf88
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Shell@2015 (b) CloudRiverChai85
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Frog!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondWheelPlum83 (b) letmein23
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!51 (b) Pond-Tiger-Seed74
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearltoastlamp66 (b) PearlGoldPond25
- 11.🔐 Is “Cloud@67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 14.🔐 Is “Cloud#Pond#2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Moon.Drum.2018” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.tiger.moon.66 (b) Corn!44
- 17.🔐 “Meera!Leaf!62” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “rainbellsandkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Mango-54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔐 “Tiger.51” 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.🔐 Is “vine@wheel@neem@64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Wheel-82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#72 (b) Mango_Bell_Sand19
- 24.🔐 “Rohan.Frog.48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 Is “pearlbrickseedcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Boat@Lotus@2015” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Lamp-Cloud-2015” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Leaf#Lake40 (b) Wolf.Shell.2012
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou_Chai78” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond.Cloud.Wheel12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Shell-21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell-Nest-Bell36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Brick@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Lake53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “SandLeafChai34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “pondcloudsandlake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- hill#pearl#vine#73
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- emojis
- Seed_River_Wolf88
- CloudRiverChai85
- 4
- PondWheelPlum83
- Pond-Tiger-Seed74
- PearlGoldPond25
- weak
- risky
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- sand.tiger.moon.66
- has a name or year
- 16
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 14
- Mango_Bell_Sand19
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- 10
- has a name or year
- Frog#Leaf#Lake40
- has a common word
- 18
- 4
- 17
- 4
- 8
- weak
- 3
- 14
- weak
- 3
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