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) cornlakefrogneem (b) WheelTigerMango84
- 2.🔐 Is “Diya.Cloud.49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Hill30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatLeafVine48 (b) boatlotusplumriver
- 8.🔐 “tentmangokitecloud” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Gold_2013 (b) GoldBellShell42
- 10.🔐 Is “Lake!Bell!Leaf57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Password@Lake85” 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
- 12.🔐 “plumriverlotus17” 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
- 13.🔐 “mangopearlcloudwheel” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Pearl61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Saanvi#Tiger#37” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum.68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf#pearl#brick#19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “CornToastLotus58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Gold_Frog_Wolf69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipboatvineplum (b) Fern@Plum@Cloud17
- 21.🎂 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-Wolf-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon.Shell.Tiger45 (b) Wolf-Cloud-2008
- 24.🔐 Is “kitefrogcornfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “riverlakenestneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 26.🔐 “Meera.Pond.83” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerPondRain72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Saanvi!Hill!45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornbricktentsand (b) LakeDustNest27
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “cornwolfshiplotus” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan#Lotus#79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust!Tiger!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty70 (b) PearlPlumVine32
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Plum#Pond27 (b) Saanvi-Tiger-20
- 37.🔐 Is “qwerty87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.wheel.kite.14 (b) neemsandvine35
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand_Fern_Rain25 (b) Vihaan_Seed_88
- 40.🔐 “River-Brick-2010” 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
Answer key
- WheelTigerMango84
- weak
- 13
- 3
- 12
- emojis
- BoatLeafVine48
- fewer than 3 kinds
- GoldBellShell42
- strong
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a name or year
- 4
- 19
- 16
- strong
- Fern@Plum@Cloud17
- others can guess it
- 4
- Moon.Shell.Tiger45
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 15
- weak
- risky
- LakeDustNest27
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- PearlPlumVine32
- Tent#Plum#Pond27
- weak
- river.wheel.kite.14
- Sand_Fern_Rain25
- has a name or year
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