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 “River#33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite-Tiger-Lotus58 (b) dustbrickriver70
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Moon.Leaf16 (b) frogtoasttiger77
- 4.🔐 “wheelwolfpearlchai” 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
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Hill87 (b) Nest#Plum#Pond55
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou25 (b) CloudVineChai40
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustneemmoonlamp (b) Ship@Plum@Neem20
- 8.🔐 Is “Lake-30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed@toast@frog@44 (b) Plum#43
- 10.🔐 Is “CloudFrogChai31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “VineSandMango60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “Lake@Tent@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Tent@Fern25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “kitelamptent58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Frog21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “vineriverboat51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “Toast_74” 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.🔐 “Password#Kite31” 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
- 21.🔐 “Mango-46” 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
- 22.🔐 “Nisha.Tiger.19” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lampsandtoastmango”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Qwerty-Neem17” 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
- 25.🔐 “tentleafdrummoon” 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
- 26.🔐 “Password.Nest83” 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
- 27.🔐 “Iloveyou#Drum42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Chai@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteNestTent34 (b) iloveyou51
- 31.🔐 Is “frog!pearl!sand!81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Pond-Shell-Neem44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondfernfrogdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernSandRiver78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “ShellBoatSand21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Rohan.Nest.46” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Wolf78 (b) Shell@Sand@River13
- 40.🔐 Is “toast-frog-fern-37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 8
- Kite-Tiger-Lotus58
- Gold.Moon.Leaf16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Nest#Plum#Pond55
- CloudVineChai40
- Ship@Plum@Neem20
- weak
- seed@toast@frog@44
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 16
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 9
- 15
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 18
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- has a common word
- 12
- 4
- KiteNestTent34
- strong
- strong
- 1
- 3
- 3
- strong
- 7
- has a name or year
- Shell@Sand@River13
- strong
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