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 kinds of characters does “Admin!Boat79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “tentshiptigerbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog!neem!plum!51 (b) letmein46
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Bell@Hill17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Meera!Lotus!12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔐 “Password.Wolf39” 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.🔐 Is “bellhillseedwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Tara-Lamp-46” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Moon11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 Is “moonplumlotus34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-brick-frog-19 (b) qwerty78
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “riverchaibellfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “rainchailake37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_27 (b) SeedRiverDust87
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 18.🔐 “bellleaftiger22” 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
- 19.🔐 “Qwerty#Chai13” 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
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 21.🔐 “Qwerty-Vine54” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoLampPond65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “LampGoldTent17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.vine.nest.81 (b) qwerty18
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “fernbelltoastwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Wheel#83” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverlotuslamp68 (b) VineDrumGold54
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2016 (b) Drum-Lotus-Pearl66
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Kite67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatfrogtoastmoon (b) Mango_Tiger_Moon82
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandNeemPearl68 (b) Meera.Lamp.50
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!27 (b) pond_dust_fern_34
- 34.🔐 “Qwerty_Dust46” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@Brick@2018 (b) TigerShellGold39
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Frog.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus#leaf#cloud#28 (b) kitefrogpond73
- 38.🔐 Is “qwerty79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shiplampmoonvine (b) SeedPondTiger73
- 40.🔐 “dustneemhillkite” 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
Answer key
- 4
- 3
- weak
- frog!neem!plum!51
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- weak
- has a name or year
- 4
- emojis
- weak
- chai-brick-frog-19
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SeedRiverDust87
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- risky
- has a common word
- 3
- strong
- drum.vine.nest.81
- 17
- shorter than 12
- VineDrumGold54
- Drum-Lotus-Pearl66
- 4
- Mango_Tiger_Moon82
- 2
- SandNeemPearl68
- pond_dust_fern_34
- has a common word
- TigerShellGold39
- 4
- lotus#leaf#cloud#28
- weak
- SeedPondTiger73
- fewer than 3 kinds
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