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 “pearlfernlotus18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “tigerlampwheelsand” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Hill.Boat.Tiger30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “BellMoonSand53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 7.🔐 Is “bell!neem!frog!32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “Leaf!71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “goldleafcloud33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Nest!2013 (b) Wolf-Corn-Lake64
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlchaileafbell (b) Cloud_Vine_Mango30
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentneemmangoshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Ship_65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2011 (b) Neem.Leaf.Pearl84
- 18.🔐 Is “Moon-13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Password#Wheel23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Letmein#Corn51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus-ship-seed-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Vine!Toast!Frog83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Gold64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Password.Frog44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Shell#Sand#Lamp51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-80 (b) sand#corn#dust#32
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Bell!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_River_Ship73 (b) Letmein!Boat11
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogdustboatfern” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell#leaf#vine#63 (b) brickwheelseed31
- 34.🔐 Is “Tara_Pearl_58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “rivercornnestpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Aarav2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelTentNeem48 (b) cloudseedbell61
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandDustSeed77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusChaiWheel35 (b) Drum.Corn.2008
- 40.🔐 Is “Frog_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- strong
- 3
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 8
- Wolf-Corn-Lake64
- Cloud_Vine_Mango30
- emojis
- 1
- 4
- 8
- Neem.Leaf.Pearl84
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- 18
- strong
- 4
- 15
- strong
- 8
- sand#corn#dust#32
- risky
- 9
- weak
- Bell_River_Ship73
- 1
- bell#leaf#vine#63
- weak
- 18
- weak
- WheelTentNeem48
- 3
- LotusChaiWheel35
- weak
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