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 “chaimoonfrogtiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!64 (b) MoonKiteGold42
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp.moon.frog.13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Password!Lamp13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainCornNeem44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_Seed_Leaf48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Aarav2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfLeafGold26 (b) Leaf.37
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “moonnestvinelotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Kite81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Password-Lake32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 14.🔐 Is “CornLampRiver56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “brickmangotoastfern” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverTigerVine74 (b) Iloveyou-Mango36
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Lake42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!Shell!Tiger12 (b) Meera2012
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha_Seed_35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 22.🔐 Is “Boat!30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Leaf@2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan.Rain.53 (b) moon-hill-chai-39
- 26.🔐 Is “password61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty40 (b) pearl@frog@plum@22
- 28.🔐 Is “Aarav-Leaf-49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 30.🔐 “wheelmangoshiprain” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun_Moon_17 (b) Gold.Boat.Toast27
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Cloud_Vine22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Leaf!Seed!2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusTigerPond15 (b) drumwolfcloudlotus
- 35.🔐 “River#56” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud-moon-frog-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein19 (b) moon#bell#pond#54
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShipGoldFern52 (b) Mango_26
- 39.🔐 Is “pearlshipboatpond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.Pond.Sand14 (b) Tara-Frog-31
Answer key
- 17
- MoonKiteGold42
- 17
- has a common word
- 3
- 16
- weak
- WolfLeafGold26
- 10
- weak
- weak
- weak
- emojis
- strong
- weak
- RiverTigerVine74
- 4
- Hill!Shell!Tiger12
- 12
- 4
- 3
- weak
- 9
- 4
- moon-hill-chai-39
- weak
- pearl@frog@plum@22
- weak
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Gold.Boat.Toast27
- 4
- weak
- LotusTigerPond15
- shorter than 12
- 3
- moon#bell#pond#54
- ShipGoldFern52
- weak
- Boat.Pond.Sand14
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