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 “lake_ship_kite_52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 3.🔐 Is “Pond.Chai.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “password60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 6.🔐 Is “shipdrumplum49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “RiverPondWheel23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestboatleafmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastSandHill33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “MoonDrumFern57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlShellShip50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@frog@dust@87 (b) Chai_34
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand-wheel-mango-74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “FernFrogKite61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2012 (b) cloud.kite.corn.30
- 16.🔐 “shipboatpond63” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp#lake#lotus#86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “wheelnestfrog85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “lakeshiplamp30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 20.🔐 Is “Plum_18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Dust-Wolf28 (b) Cloud-54
- 24.🔐 “Diya-Frog-22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha@Ship@50 (b) Fern!Tent!Nest77
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!Mango!2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “toast.nest.plum.23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Boat_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 31.🔐 “Aarav!Shell!15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔐 Is “plum!cloud!kite!20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Gold-Frog-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “admin15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#13 (b) Corn!Nest!Frog55
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Leaf.Toast61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “password55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum!Sand!Wolf29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Cloud!Shell!Chai63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Kite.Boat.2014” 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
Answer key
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 10
- others can guess it
- weak
- strong
- 1
- 15
- strong
- 16
- drum@frog@dust@87
- 3
- 14
- cloud.kite.corn.30
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 9
- risky
- Chai-Dust-Wolf28
- has a name or year
- Fern!Tent!Nest77
- 15
- 9
- 18
- weak
- 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- weak
- Corn!Nest!Frog55
- 17
- 10
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
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