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 “wheel!pearl!plum!34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Lake_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Brick-2016 (b) cloud!ship!lamp!10
- 5.🔐 “lotusmoonnestseed” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud_Bell_Pearl16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “chai!fern!kite!28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#42 (b) PearlWolfRiver29
- 9.🔐 “Aarav-Mango-20” 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
- 10.🔐 “riverboatseedmoon” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “Tiger.32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “CloudBoatRain28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “tentfernnest22” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Drum54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonvinelotusseed” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatNestNeem42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Chai!River!2014” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “Kabir2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Tara2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Iloveyou_Shell84” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav.Sand.63 (b) rain@vine@tent@14
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellGoldFrog86 (b) Ship_29
- 25.🔐 Is “River@34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “frogdrumneemtoast” 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
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_Cloud_2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “lampmoonwolf88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!Wolf15 (b) drum@river@shell@42
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein85 (b) WheelLotusCloud11
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed_kite_tiger_24 (b) Tent.Frog.2015
- 33.🔐 “vinehillwolfbrick” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!River14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “BellLampDust25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Toast@Neem62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Fern52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@Mango@2012 (b) Seed_Neem_Sand22
Answer key
- strong
- emojis
- 14
- cloud!ship!lamp!10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 17
- PearlWolfRiver29
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- 1
- 12
- 14
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- rain@vine@tent@14
- ShellGoldFrog86
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- weak
- drum@river@shell@42
- WheelLotusCloud11
- seed_kite_tiger_24
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 17
- 4
- risky
- Seed_Neem_Sand22
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