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.🔐 “Pearl@82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Kite60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password.Brick13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “shipbrickfernriver” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “brick!kite!cloud!17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern_Wolf_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Neem_76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Cloud@Tent71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “nesttentwolftiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_Pond_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickTentCorn50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Frog-59 (b) neem.lamp.seed.53
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog_dust_shell_68 (b) sandcloudlake12
- 15.🔐 “Shell!62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 16.🔐 “lakewheelsandpearl” 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
- 17.🔐 “kiteseednest36” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf_ship_leaf_26 (b) lakecloudcorn16
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogsandcorndust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Vine!Neem!Nest61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Dust@Ship@Chai18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “rain#brick#corn#19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Drum_Leaf_Wolf16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Letmein.Tent67” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Nest-60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 “dustbellkiteleaf” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “HillLotusSand76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “dustshipfrogsand”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Fern_Leaf_2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum@Vine@Pearl80 (b) lampmoonbell84
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf.boat.tiger.59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemCornDrum54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “password17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellgoldkite73 (b) Cloud-Wheel-Drum28
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 12
- 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- 14
- 14
- 4
- 17
- 14
- 15
- neem.lamp.seed.53
- frog_dust_shell_68
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- wolf_ship_leaf_26
- 1
- strong
- 2
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 9
- strong
- has a common word
- 3
- 7
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 16
- weak
- Plum@Vine@Pearl80
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 10
- Cloud-Wheel-Drum28
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