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) Frog_32 (b) fern#cloud#hill#30
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#lotus#hill#53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “Letmein!Neem54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Vine@Corn@2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickpearlseed54 (b) WolfCornGold89
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed-Nest-Boat28 (b) Saanvi@Chai@37
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemWolfShip15 (b) Chai_Kite_2009
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaipearldrum60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Seed48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Meera2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestChaiPlum19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 16.🔐 Is “Rohan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#River#Mango11 (b) Bell.47
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou-Wheel28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Sand-Drum16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “goldfrognest12” 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
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 23.🔐 Is “FrogMoonRiver77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “frog#shell#gold#29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “LakeHillDust49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Leaf@Rain@Wolf77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “Admin_Wheel43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “Mango-Drum-Lamp13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfBoatShip86 (b) frogbrickpearl24
- 30.🔐 “Rohan@Tiger@31” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern#tent#rain#19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake_43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein73 (b) TentKiteDust86
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Ship-Neem43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Lake!Dust!2013” 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
- 36.🔐 “Letmein.Frog84” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “pond.drum.hill.15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Leaf_77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “frogvineriverlamp” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_Seed_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- fern#cloud#hill#30
- 12
- 19
- weak
- weak
- 7
- WolfCornGold89
- Seed-Nest-Boat28
- NeemWolfShip15
- 2
- 3
- 14
- weak
- 3
- others can guess it
- weak
- 4
- Frog#River#Mango11
- 16
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- strong
- 18
- 14
- strong
- weak
- strong
- WolfBoatShip86
- has a name or year
- 3
- 7
- TentKiteDust86
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
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