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.🔐 “goldneemtentwheel” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.wheel.lamp.12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 4.🔐 Is “Mango-Ship-Fern37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “CornMangoShip15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Hill@Plum71 (b) iloveyou45
- 7.🔐 Is “Sand_12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “PearlPlumNeem23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine#lake#nest#87 (b) Meera2012
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatlotusnestpond (b) hill.brick.tent.28
- 11.🔐 Is “moongoldvinelotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 “Dust#Fern#2014” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoTentRain20 (b) Password@Sand51
- 14.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2017 (b) tiger@pearl@hill@17
- 16.🔐 “Mango-29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 17.🔐 “River!Wolf!2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@wolf@pond@13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaineemlotustent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverFernSeed16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Nest!76 (b) Gold_Mango_Cloud78
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@16 (b) TigerRiverLotus11
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “DustGoldToast75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Chai45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “raintigerwheellotus” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “lakepearlfernmango” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakemoonhillpearl (b) Lake!Gold!Sand22
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitecornshell37 (b) dust.brick.nest.63
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudfrogseedlamp (b) tent-kite-nest-30
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-Frog-Tiger22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum!81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “boat#drum#cloud#24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Brick.15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “toastbellcloudtiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “shell-lamp-lake-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Corn!Vine!2010” 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
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- Boat@Hill@Plum71
- weak
- strong
- vine#lake#nest#87
- hill.brick.tent.28
- weak
- has a name or year
- MangoTentRain20
- 3
- tiger@pearl@hill@17
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- risky
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 3
- Gold_Mango_Cloud78
- TigerRiverLotus11
- 15
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lake!Gold!Sand22
- 12
- dust.brick.nest.63
- tent-kite-nest-30
- 4
- 7
- 18
- weak
- 19
- 18
- has a name or year
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