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) Sand!Wolf!Tiger85 (b) lampwolfdustrain
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “admin65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Qwerty_Lake89” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Plum-Wheel83 (b) neembricktoast18
- 5.🔐 “tigermoonbrickmango” 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
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “River_14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Pond!67” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “Ishaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Gold-Kite-Fern43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “rain@moon@plum@58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearltoastdust50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “cornshelldust66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty66 (b) River!Seed!Lotus19
- 15.🔐 “Mango-River-2008” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “fern!plum!gold!63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumneemwheellamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “ship@river@gold@48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Chai@Tiger54 (b) Ishaan!Cloud!21
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan#Hill#44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “nest_seed_neem_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “pondtoastmoon40” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “frog@nest@lake@32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Nisha!Rain!70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusSandBrick43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Drum_Wolf56 (b) Admin-Vine60
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!Kite!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafTigerBrick46 (b) cloudtentlake57
- 30.🔐 “chaisandfrogriver” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakewolfcorn72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Saanvi_Corn_23” 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
- 33.🔐 “Welcome#River71” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#78 (b) shell-bell-toast-71
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldPearlBoat35 (b) Lotus-Wheel-2015
- 37.🔐 Is “Rain_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 “Rohan#Toast#19” 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
- 39.🔐 “Lamp-Hill-2009” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedRainPond87 (b) tentcloudleaf38
Answer key
- Sand!Wolf!Tiger85
- 7
- has a common word
- Rain-Plum-Wheel83
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- 8
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 2
- 15
- River!Seed!Lotus19
- has a name or year
- 17
- 1
- strong
- Drum@Chai@Tiger54
- 14
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- Mango_Drum_Wolf56
- 4
- LeafTigerBrick46
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 4
- shell-bell-toast-71
- GoldPearlBoat35
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- SeedRainPond87
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