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.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai.Hill.Neem21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “LeafLakeNeem15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “KiteMangoShell23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Neem-Bell-Frog24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverdrumshipfrog (b) Bell@Hill@Lake81
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Chai-River26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Sand!81” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Gold.57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “lotustigerriver47” 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
- 11.🔐 “Letmein_Nest26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “corn_hill_plum_75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Meera2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Vine.Rain62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2015 (b) Rain.Dust.Kite53
- 17.🔐 Is “leaflampkiteseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Vihaan#Boat#61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Rohan-Shell-56” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein@Tiger42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusraintiger42 (b) PlumDrumPearl53
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum-tiger-moon-86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverseedtoastdrum (b) VinePondShell10
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Lake_Plum87 (b) Aarav_Tiger_76
- 28.🔐 Is “Boat!Leaf!Chai69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou@Chai67” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Bell!Lamp31 (b) Welcome.Cloud75
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “boathillbell10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud-moon-lotus-11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusFernWolf28 (b) Neem!79
- 34.🔐 Is “Password@Pearl76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Mango#Toast36 (b) Vihaan2014
- 37.🔐 “Meera_Tent_47” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoSeedPond38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “cornwheeldustmoon” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “Hill_Wolf_Pearl76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 9
- 16
- strong
- strong
- strong
- Bell@Hill@Lake81
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 17
- weak
- 17
- 12
- Rain.Dust.Kite53
- weak
- 2
- weak
- 9
- has a name or year
- 15
- PlumDrumPearl53
- 3
- 3
- VinePondShell10
- Shell_Lake_Plum87
- strong
- has a common word
- Rain!Bell!Lamp31
- 14
- 3
- LotusFernWolf28
- weak
- 3
- Bell#Mango#Toast36
- has a name or year
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
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