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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastdrumshellriver (b) lake_drum_toast_76
- 3.🔐 Is “Rohan@Pearl@52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestdustdrumvine (b) PearlBoatFern11
- 5.🔐 Is “Boat@74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “pearlneemboattoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Sand.Leaf65 (b) Password.Sand30
- 8.🔐 “hilllamptoastriver” 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
- 9.🔐 “lotustenttiger26” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “hillvineleaf52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Rain@42 (b) Fern_Shell_Hill45
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drummoonshipwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Iloveyou-Drum50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Is “Vine#Lotus#Neem29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondSandFrog76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “cornseedpearl53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.Gold.2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Wolf_81” 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
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@Bell@Cloud79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Corn-24 (b) Drum_Brick_Wolf42
- 22.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 24.🔐 “Kite#Hill#2016” 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
- 25.🔐 “Arjun@Cloud@26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plummangolamp65 (b) kite@mango@hill@35
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “kitetigerrain36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger#pearl#dust#24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Rain69 (b) Dust-Rain-Vine34
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog.shell.vine.22 (b) Aarav!Lamp!62
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin_Mango47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “MoonTigerMango37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeNestDrum45 (b) Password@Mango45
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernleafboat19 (b) Toast_Drum_Wheel22
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship_cloud_corn_22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Lamp-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerBrickNeem28 (b) Rohan.Hill.44
- 39.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 40.🔐 “Leaf.34” 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
Answer key
- emojis
- lake_drum_toast_76
- weak
- PearlBoatFern11
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- River.Sand.Leaf65
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Fern_Shell_Hill45
- 1
- has a common word
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 4
- Drum_Brick_Wolf42
- others can guess it
- risky
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- kite@mango@hill@35
- 15
- 3
- 4
- Dust-Rain-Vine34
- frog.shell.vine.22
- 13
- strong
- LakeNestDrum45
- Toast_Drum_Wheel22
- 3
- weak
- TigerBrickNeem28
- 12
- shorter than 12
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