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 “seedtentgold43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonboatlake89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp-hill-bell-21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Bell48 (b) Neem_Mango_Moon62
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl-75 (b) plum@corn@tiger@32
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_Rain_Pearl44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger#56 (b) LampNestFrog72
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Kite!Cloud44 (b) Arjun2011
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoPearlDrum52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “raintentboat29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Saanvi@Tiger@76” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Nisha.Lake.10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Lotus24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast#Cloud#Rain88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Sand#11” 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
- 20.🔐 “River_Lotus_2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 21.🔐 “rainchailotusneem” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “toastboatmangoshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Iloveyou!Dust70” 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
- 24.🔐 “lotusfernpond18” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “FernBellTiger67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Frog#Tiger#Neem82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “riverlotussandhill” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “drum!vine!lotus!27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentdrumlakepearl” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandseedpond32 (b) Brick_Gold_Corn21
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudrivertoastpond (b) ToastMangoSand66
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2012 (b) boat_brick_wolf_21
- 33.🔐 “Moon_29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp.frog.cloud.25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Tiger-Hill-Rain77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “CloudSeedLake66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “RiverBellPond45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Pearl!38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
Answer key
- 14
- 2
- 17
- 3
- Neem_Mango_Moon62
- plum@corn@tiger@32
- 4
- 9
- LampNestFrog72
- Brick!Kite!Cloud44
- 3
- 14
- 9
- has a name or year
- weak
- others can guess it
- 4
- 4
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 1
- Brick_Gold_Corn21
- ToastMangoSand66
- boat_brick_wolf_21
- shorter than 12
- 18
- strong
- strong
- strong
- risky
- 13
- 12
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