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 “drumsandvinekite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “PearlLampMango88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@mango@river@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 5.🔐 Is “Admin@Tiger25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2010 (b) tent-toast-river-18
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 9.🔐 “shippearlplumtiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2014 (b) Leaf-Hill-Nest71
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 12.🔐 Is “Corn_Neem_Cloud49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudLampLeaf18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “shiprainnest89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “mangocloudtoastship” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “MoonLampLake28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp@dust@gold@24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “hillsandvineseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “MoonCornShip36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Boat.57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “neem.toast.ship.56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “goldcloudkite52” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “SandNestCloud66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “kitemangocloudriver” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampChaiTiger25 (b) welcome17
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_Sand_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Tiger.Frog23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust.cloud.brick.80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Vine36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “qwerty48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “admin88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Kite@20” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “hill.fern.dust.79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “neemmoonfernplum” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Sand-2008 (b) WheelKiteSeed15
- 37.🔐 “pearlpondrain28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Lotus16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Nest-River-Cloud71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentNeemWolf59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- strong
- 19
- emojis
- weak
- tent-toast-river-18
- 12
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Leaf-Hill-Nest71
- risky
- strong
- 15
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 17
- 16
- strong
- 13
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- LampChaiTiger25
- 14
- 18
- 3
- 4
- weak
- 7
- shorter than 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- WheelKiteSeed15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- strong
- 3
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