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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondPlumBell29 (b) goldwolftentcorn
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedPearlCloud48 (b) rainwolfkite49
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill@boat@lake@84 (b) Nisha_Hill_55
- 5.🔐 Is “iloveyou20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “rainneempearl71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Shell.Pearl11 (b) cloudfrogfern25
- 8.🔐 Is “wheeltigervine70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “dustbrickdrum31” 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
- 10.🔐 “Iloveyou_Seed59” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@River@2018 (b) bell!frog!pond!77
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl!Nest!Tiger38 (b) Aarav2008
- 16.🔐 Is “wheel_hill_tent_76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “wheellotuscornriver” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine@tent@drum@70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “wheel-plum-ship-63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “Tara2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “river.moon.shell.34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustvinedrum18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Sand75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty13 (b) Leaf@Plum@Tent56
- 26.🔐 “Iloveyou-Wheel51” 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
- 27.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Mango.39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou!Dust10” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun_Drum_81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Lamp#78” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Shell#Corn#Lamp71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara-Tiger-17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedBrickHill37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Ananya.Dust.26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 37.🔐 Is “hill-fern-cloud-60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Lake_Vine60 (b) pearllotusrainwheel
- 39.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) in your head
- 40.🔐 “Rohan_Cloud_40” 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
Answer key
- PondPlumBell29
- 2
- SeedPearlCloud48
- hill@boat@lake@84
- weak
- weak
- Seed.Shell.Pearl11
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- bell!frog!pond!77
- 3
- risky
- 3
- Pearl!Nest!Tiger38
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- 19
- 2
- 4
- Leaf@Plum@Tent56
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- 4
- has a common word
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 12
- 4
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- Pearl_Lake_Vine60
- in your head
- has a name or year
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