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 “Gold@Corn@Frog41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Chai_Vine44 (b) Qwerty#Sand16
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat-Ship-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudFernPond46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumtoastlampboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemDrumShell54 (b) Saanvi-Shell-15
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “Hill_Tent_2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusSandDrum19 (b) bricklampdustboat
- 13.🔐 Is “hillrainfrog70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Brick.Vine30 (b) Kite-Fern-2015
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf_Chai_2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “TentRainSeed49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein34 (b) RainNeemFrog53
- 21.🔐 Is “shipmangovine62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn!ship!river!45 (b) goldpondbell26
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumKiteDust68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Password.Vine37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “lakeboatshellnest” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemRiverBell53 (b) admin13
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty73 (b) Brick-Tent-Nest71
- 31.🔐 Is “gold_lamp_river_81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Aarav2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Pond_Leaf81 (b) Lake.Frog.2017
- 34.🔐 “Leaf.Plum.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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “welcome49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Ishaan.Leaf.66” 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 “lampmoonkite71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest-Hill-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.28 (b) river#tiger#plum#64
Answer key
- 16
- others can guess it
- Neem_Chai_Vine44
- 3
- 14
- 15
- 4
- 1
- NeemDrumShell54
- 3
- has a name or year
- LotusSandDrum19
- weak
- 12
- 3
- 4
- Drum.Brick.Vine30
- 14
- strong
- RainNeemFrog53
- weak
- corn!ship!river!45
- 14
- 7
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemRiverBell53
- 8
- 9
- Brick-Tent-Nest71
- strong
- weak
- Drum_Pond_Leaf81
- has a name or year
- 7
- weak
- has a name or year
- 2
- 4
- river#tiger#plum#64
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