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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai@34 (b) TentLotusDust26
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelTentRiver48 (b) Diya2009
- 3.🔐 Is “Diya_Gold_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “dust-tiger-neem-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Mango@Pond59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty57 (b) MoonRiverRain21
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein77 (b) bell.pond.chai.86
- 8.🔐 Is “pearltoastpondleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond!wolf!tent!55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Meera.Seed.84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “Welcome.Sand85” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Kite-Moon-Tiger23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlshipfrogdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite#tiger#tent#44 (b) Fern-Toast-2018
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonlakelotusmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Meera_Shell_53” 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
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 19.🔐 Is “Wolf!Dust!Kite37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest-lake-tiger-21 (b) Aarav2017
- 21.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed-river-ship-53 (b) iloveyou11
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.wolf.lotus.16 (b) Aarav2014
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellsandchaicloud (b) ShellSeedLotus78
- 25.🔐 “nestlampmoon70” 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
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “plumsandkite39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Nisha-Corn-42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “tigernestriverwolf” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Rohan.Mango.86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “Rohan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “tentbrickplum11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Boat24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Leaf-40” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “mango_chai_kite_17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Vine#68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “vineleafship42” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-tent-lake-48 (b) pearldusttoastnest
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “ponddrumneem39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sanddrummoonchai (b) RiverHillTent36
Answer key
- TentLotusDust26
- WheelTentRiver48
- weak
- strong
- 17
- MoonRiverRain21
- bell.pond.chai.86
- weak
- 3
- 3
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- 1
- kite#tiger#tent#44
- 1
- has a name or year
- 12
- strong
- nest-lake-tiger-21
- others can guess it
- seed-river-ship-53
- leaf.wolf.lotus.16
- ShellSeedLotus78
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 14
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- 15
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 18
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- moon-tent-lake-48
- 14
- RiverHillTent36
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