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 “lampshelldust19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_44 (b) TigerBellChai87
- 3.🔐 “Meera#Ship#10” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 6.🔐 “Password_Gold54” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-River-27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “Ananya.Shell.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 11.🔐 Is “Rohan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondmangolake74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “bellplumrivertent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2010 (b) ChaiBoatCorn28
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Mango13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Boat.73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty72 (b) MangoFrogCloud82
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password77 (b) Sand@Bell@Lamp23
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlmoonriverkite (b) Plum-Neem-Tiger66
- 23.🔐 “pondplumseed77” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf-tent-lotus-44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Kite.33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai!16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Mango-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “vineseedboat82” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellraintoast81 (b) Rain!Kite!Ship86
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Lotus50 (b) BrickVineKite54
- 31.🔐 “Brick#49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “hilllampcloudpond” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Vine-Neem38 (b) Aarav2008
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin!Toast64 (b) corn#tiger#hill#71
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-Mango-24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “river_pearl_cloud_28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Pond_36 (b) Leaf!Corn!Nest29
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangofernfrogbell (b) Frog.Wheel.Neem13
Answer key
- weak
- TigerBellChai87
- has a name or year
- 7
- emojis
- has a common word
- 14
- 9
- weak
- 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- 2
- 17
- 10
- risky
- ChaiBoatCorn28
- 16
- shorter than 12
- MangoFrogCloud82
- Sand@Bell@Lamp23
- Plum-Neem-Tiger66
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Rain!Kite!Ship86
- BrickVineKite54
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Tiger-Vine-Neem38
- corn#tiger#hill#71
- 4
- 2
- strong
- Leaf!Corn!Nest29
- Frog.Wheel.Neem13
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