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 “Pearl-Tent-2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “Welcome@Gold32” 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
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 4.🔐 Is “iloveyou72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “boat#mango#drum#33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickDrumShip76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Lotus!84” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold!Ship!2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “Iloveyou-Neem58” 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
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Toast22 (b) SandLeafGold49
- 13.🔐 Is “dustleafnest62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 “frogneempearllotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔐 Is “PondBellLotus15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Wolf.62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “shellnestrain29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Lotus.Mango31 (b) Ananya_River_81
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellrainfrog38 (b) Fern_Cloud_Hill41
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Sand!55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “boatshipvine74” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir_Leaf_12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampplumrain11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Moon-Neem35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Fern-31 (b) Neem-Rain-Tiger47
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#Leaf#Drum65 (b) qwerty23
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Tiger.26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Brick-Fern17 (b) riverlotusnest51
- 31.🔐 “dustbellnest11” 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
- 32.🔐 “Admin@Wheel21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 33.🔐 Is “Frog!Vine!Mango78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “rain_shell_river_49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemKiteCorn75 (b) Dust-Wolf-2014
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandchaiwheel22 (b) ship@mango@brick@76
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolftoastlamppearl (b) Cloud#Neem#Mango46
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 39.🔐 Is “Aarav2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Wheel#Sand#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- weak
- 18
- 3
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 4
- has a common word
- 2
- SandLeafGold49
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- 15
- Brick.Lotus.Mango31
- Fern_Cloud_Hill41
- 4
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- 2
- 16
- 2
- Neem-Rain-Tiger47
- Lake#Leaf#Drum65
- 4
- Dust-Brick-Fern17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- strong
- strong
- NeemKiteCorn75
- ship@mango@brick@76
- Cloud#Neem#Mango46
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
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