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) Rain!Seed!2017 (b) LakeLotusChai81
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 3.🔐 “Lake-Lotus-2018” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.29 (b) cloud.kite.ship.16
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “seedriverbrickpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “iloveyou48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusleafbrick56 (b) wheel@rain@mango@89
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Boat20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoWheelPond75 (b) hillgoldvine47
- 10.🔐 “drummoonlampkite” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumSandWolf31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on a sticky note (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 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 “leaf#tent#fern#65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Tiger11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 17.🔐 “Kite-80” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “password79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake-51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Welcome-Gold47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “admin36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password16 (b) Lamp!Dust!Frog37
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “moonrainvine78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Rain.Toast.2009” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “pond#chai#moon#19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!cloud!plum!67 (b) rivershipplum79
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf#14 (b) tiger.brick.pearl.45
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!47 (b) Toast.Gold.Chai13
- 29.🔐 “boatpearlchai75” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Ship-Bell-Gold25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “seedlaketiger20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Corn!Sand!Cloud65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “Neem#58” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!Moon!Sand78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Cloud!36” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest#Seed#Lamp53 (b) pearltoastplumlotus
- 37.🔐 “mangolotusbrickbell” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Toast#Sand#Neem52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger.wheel.lake.47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Lotus!Dust!Seed57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- LakeLotusChai81
- risky
- has a name or year
- cloud.kite.ship.16
- 19
- weak
- wheel@rain@mango@89
- 4
- MangoWheelPond75
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- in your head
- 3
- strong
- 15
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 7
- weak
- weak
- Lamp!Dust!Frog37
- 14
- has a name or year
- strong
- lotus!cloud!plum!67
- tiger.brick.pearl.45
- Toast.Gold.Chai13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 16
- shorter than 12
- Nest#Seed#Lamp53
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 19
- strong
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