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.🔐 “drumlotuspearl29” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Gold88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 4.🔐 “hilltoastplumleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Wheel_River29 (b) Qwerty.Tiger74
- 6.🔐 Is “frog.wolf.pond.65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 “Boat!Chai!2010” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “Letmein-Drum41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “kite-lake-lotus-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “chaicornmoon67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “mangowolfcorn45” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “LotusChaiWolf62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerlotusbell22 (b) Frog-Tent-Fern45
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogferngold56 (b) chai@frog@wolf@37
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai_nest_boat_88 (b) lotuscloudfernboat
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastlakefrogmoon (b) Bell.Sand.Drum84
- 17.🔐 “Pearl#32” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_Rain_Kite26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine-Bell-Neem29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampLakeFern43 (b) Rohan_River_57
- 23.🔐 Is “nestcorntent14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🎂 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudBrickMango89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustSandHill18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “RiverRainLeaf18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “LampTigerNeem16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandwolfseed22 (b) fern.gold.brick.49
- 30.🔐 Is “ship_seed_nest_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2016 (b) LotusTigerShip23
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 33.🔐 Is “password48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “sandnestdrumkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Letmein.Vine43” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “dustnesthill19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Lake.21” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill!dust!chai!39 (b) Kabir-Chai-31
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickToastHill11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!sand!fern!11 (b) Ishaan#Tiger#21
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Corn_Wheel_River29
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Frog-Tent-Fern45
- chai@frog@wolf@37
- chai_nest_boat_88
- Bell.Sand.Drum84
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 4
- emojis
- 4
- LampLakeFern43
- weak
- others can guess it
- 17
- 3
- strong
- strong
- fern.gold.brick.49
- strong
- LotusTigerShip23
- risky
- weak
- 16
- has a common word
- weak
- shorter than 12
- hill!dust!chai!39
- 16
- lotus!sand!fern!11
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