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 “boat.pearl.bell.74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty68 (b) PlumLampLotus15
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein63 (b) Cloud!Gold!Wheel73
- 5.🔐 “neemdusthilltoast” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “Tara-Drum-76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestLotusBrick22 (b) Aarav#Gold#17
- 8.🔐 “Mango@Toast@2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern_nest_plum_42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Sand!37” 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
- 11.🔐 “Saanvi#Drum#26” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “Moon-Neem-Frog89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Plum-Lake-Lotus13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Plum.Corn.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Seed#Gold52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellriverfrogvine (b) Gold!Kite!Drum82
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#40 (b) leaf!wheel!drum!86
- 22.🔐 Is “cornshiprain36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “neemraincloud62” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2009 (b) bell#brick#vine#67
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlTigerPlum55 (b) password34
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn#28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Meera_Lamp_41” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Ship-Frog-2015” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerpondfrograin (b) LakeBrickCloud15
- 33.🔐 Is “shipfrogrivertoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangofrogpondplum (b) rain!corn!tiger!28
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “boatneemchaibrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Sand.Mango28 (b) Rohan2018
- 39.🔐 Is “Mango.Lamp.Sand27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Vine-40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- PlumLampLotus15
- others can guess it
- Cloud!Gold!Wheel73
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- NestLotusBrick22
- has a name or year
- 3
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 12
- 4
- Gold!Kite!Drum82
- risky
- 8
- 3
- leaf!wheel!drum!86
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- bell#brick#vine#67
- PearlTigerPlum55
- 4
- 7
- has a name or year
- 10
- has a name or year
- LakeBrickCloud15
- weak
- rain!corn!tiger!28
- 2
- 17
- 4
- Seed.Sand.Mango28
- strong
- 4
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