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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 2.🔐 Is “mangolotusriver37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Vine_Lake_2009” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “cornbrickgoldtiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “lake!rain!chai!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “shellmoonvine15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern!brick!ship!83 (b) Gold@19
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum-cloud-frog-30 (b) letmein74
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 11.🔐 “Ship!Drum!2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_cloud_lotus_87 (b) toasttigerwolfwheel
- 13.🔐 Is “welcome45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudshellfern80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou73 (b) BoatDrumBell59
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerneemriver17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Rohan-Gold-38” 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
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “LakePondWolf56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “moonfernboatshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “seedcornpearlmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “chaibrickfrogwolf” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein52 (b) Toast@Bell@Lotus69
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastFrogFern75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell#plum#river#79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond.moon.ship.43 (b) rainbrickplumkite
- 31.🔐 “Tent!77” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@kite@pond@33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat-pearl-neem-49 (b) Tara@Cloud@14
- 34.🔐 Is “drumneempearlsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp-Pond-Wolf41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “qwerty46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudwolfmango47 (b) Boat@Toast@River79
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverbrickpond41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain!mango!pearl!85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!18 (b) lotus-kite-boat-25
Answer key
- risky
- weak
- has a name or year
- 18
- 17
- weak
- fern!brick!ship!83
- emojis
- plum-cloud-frog-30
- 12
- has a name or year
- lamp_cloud_lotus_87
- weak
- 16
- 10
- BoatDrumBell59
- 2
- 9
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 14
- weak
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Toast@Bell@Lotus69
- 2
- 15
- 3
- pond.moon.ship.43
- shorter than 12
- 3
- boat-pearl-neem-49
- weak
- 16
- weak
- Boat@Toast@River79
- 2
- 3
- lotus-kite-boat-25
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