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 “chai!corn!moon!76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Lake77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Corn38 (b) wheel.kite.hill.10
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_frog_vine_20 (b) Dust!Neem!2010
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampVinePearl70 (b) Corn!79
- 6.🔐 “Nest_25” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@83 (b) NestVineCloud56
- 8.🔐 Is “Tiger.57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Seed_33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “rainshiplampmango” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Leaf_73” 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
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Drum#54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Chai.2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “brick_dust_lake_84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Aarav!Nest!32” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein45 (b) drum-hill-moon-52
- 18.🔐 Is “NestCloudPearl34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.kite.wolf.34 (b) Corn@16
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelcorncloudlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “hilldrummoon19” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “shellplumkite11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum#Shell#Leaf57 (b) shellfernlotus18
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustcornchai66 (b) lake@river@leaf@23
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou63 (b) Tent.Fern.Pond34
- 26.🔐 “Moon-Pearl-2009” 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
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog@pearl@gold@32 (b) wolfmoonsandfern
- 31.🔐 Is “password37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Dust_71” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl.Neem.Lamp17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “sanddustkite66” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Saanvi#River#22” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Iloveyou!Cloud63” 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
- 39.🔐 “Admin-Drum74” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “Shell@88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 14
- wheel.kite.hill.10
- lamp_frog_vine_20
- LampVinePearl70
- shorter than 12
- NestVineCloud56
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 12
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- drum-hill-moon-52
- strong
- shell.kite.wolf.34
- 19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Drum#Shell#Leaf57
- lake@river@leaf@23
- Tent.Fern.Pond34
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 10
- risky
- frog@pearl@gold@32
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a common word
- has a common word
- weak
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