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.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan#Seed#61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold-nest-kite-20 (b) letmein23
- 3.🔐 Is “kite_lake_river_60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Nisha2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “boat@toast@chai@16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 7.🔐 “dustrainrivermoon” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerplumshellhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Kabir.Hill.80” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “GoldBrickMoon28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Lamp-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Boat48 (b) wheel@hill@vine@65
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud_gold_pearl_20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Leaf64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “drummangolotusrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 18.🔐 Is “wheelboatpearlchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “pondlampsandseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 21.🔐 Is “Bell.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “plumbelllotus86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Corn.35 (b) Nest-Vine-Moon72
- 25.🔐 “Cloud.Kite.2012” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “Kabir2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedsandclouddust (b) wolf!seed!plum!20
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Leaf#Rain43 (b) Mango-62
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldPondLamp22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Letmein_Hill19” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “password21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Qwerty.Cloud28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Corn66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-Lotus-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “River.Wolf.2012” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “lotus!tent!wolf!39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “Welcome-Seed33” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river_rain_corn_86 (b) Kabir2017
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “boatvinecloud56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Corn.Mango.2012” 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
- 14
- gold-nest-kite-20
- strong
- weak
- strong
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 13
- wheel@hill@vine@65
- 3
- 4
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- 16
- 12
- weak
- weak
- 2
- Nest-Vine-Moon72
- has a name or year
- weak
- wolf!seed!plum!20
- Vine#Leaf#Rain43
- 14
- has a common word
- 10
- has a common word
- 4
- 15
- has a name or year
- strong
- has a common word
- river_rain_corn_86
- 15
- has a name or year
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