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 “password67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum@Vine@Hill58 (b) Rain!86
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigervinetoast17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Plum71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Brick_Lake_Hill23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Wheel-89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearldustlakelamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Arjun-Pond-13” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “fern@tent@lamp@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-River-Toast32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Aarav-Boat-76” 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
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Ship42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_Ship_2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemRiverKite12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Hill84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 22.🔐 “Qwerty!Neem30” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumRiverPearl57 (b) tigergoldboat31
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Moon-Shell31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “lotus_leaf_rain_30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem-gold-river-26 (b) fernrivertoast79
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun@Tent@65 (b) bell@wolf@leaf@45
- 30.🔐 Is “Fern-Frog-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.lotus.frog.84 (b) Sand.54
- 32.🔐 “Hill#59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Ship#Dust62 (b) Boat!Tent!2014
- 34.🔐 Is “Wheel.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog!lotus!shell!66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein87 (b) Bell-Dust-Rain66
- 38.🔐 Is “Gold-Chai-Boat71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedwolftiger30 (b) rain!mango!plum!18
Answer key
- weak
- Drum@Vine@Hill58
- others can guess it
- 12
- 2
- 14
- 3
- strong
- 14
- 7
- 1
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- 15
- 13
- 3
- has a common word
- DrumRiverPearl57
- 9
- 2
- 18
- strong
- neem-gold-river-26
- bell@wolf@leaf@45
- weak
- wheel.lotus.frog.84
- shorter than 12
- Kite#Ship#Dust62
- weak
- 3
- 3
- Bell-Dust-Rain66
- strong
- 8
- rain!mango!plum!18
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