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 “FrogMoonDrum40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “welcome20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “Letmein_Brick67” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Gold#Lamp#Frog28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “dustlampdrum12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@gold@mango@10 (b) qwerty76
- 7.🔐 “Hill!Ship!2008” 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
- 8.🔐 “Fern#Frog#2009” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampToastCloud72 (b) Ananya_Ship_84
- 10.🔐 “Welcome!Plum15” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!Neem!River15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!Plum75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Lamp.82” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Plum@Neem24 (b) Neem_27
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-50 (b) RainShipNeem85
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemfrogtentnest (b) HillShellShip89
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun#Wheel#57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Rain67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedBoatMango56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2018 (b) Dust@Gold@Pond17
- 23.🔐 Is “Wolf#Toast#Frog48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Tiger_87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “seedbrickwheel69” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Boat@Neem@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Mango-16” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@88 (b) Plum!Wheel!Lake41
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Sand#Frog73 (b) raindrumshiptent
- 30.🔐 “lotushillkiteneem” 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
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 32.🔐 “Letmein_Corn61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 33.🔐 Is “Nest!Wolf!Wheel71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandPlumNeem39 (b) Letmein@Bell24
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Seed.21 (b) BellLeafGold38
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Chai#Leaf73 (b) Rohan2009
- 40.🔐 Is “Kabir2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- weak
- drum@gold@mango@10
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- LampToastCloud72
- has a common word
- 17
- 14
- shorter than 12
- Fern@Plum@Neem24
- RainShipNeem85
- risky
- HillShellShip89
- 4
- 4
- 14
- 3
- Dust@Gold@Pond17
- strong
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Plum!Wheel!Lake41
- Kite#Sand#Frog73
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- SandPlumNeem39
- 3
- BellLeafGold38
- emojis
- Sand#Chai#Leaf73
- weak
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