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 kinds of characters does “neemshipwolfmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafShellKite70 (b) lamplotuskite35
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangodrumtiger16 (b) Lamp-Gold-Wolf18
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2012 (b) Tent.Sand.Vine33
- 6.🔐 Is “qwerty34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Pearl38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “plum!tiger!chai!28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustmoonlotus59 (b) FernSandTiger47
- 13.🔐 Is “Meera2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Rain70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “Ishaan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Seed@Kite@2008” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🔐 Is “Wolf_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_Sand_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Wheel74 (b) toast!frog!tiger!18
- 21.🔐 Is “lotus@cloud@drum@80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-hill-toast-70 (b) letmein53
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Drum@2017 (b) ToastSeedLeaf86
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Lamp73 (b) PlumBellToast27
- 26.🔐 Is “Bell@Toast@Frog83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “wheel.gold.cloud.45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Nisha-Seed-52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#bell#shell#26 (b) lakerivermoon79
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastrainshell46 (b) Kite.Frog.Seed78
- 32.🔐 Is “lotus#fern#kite#47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “lampneemlotus24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “Saanvi@Tent@78” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Cloud-Dust-2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Rohan#Tiger#69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel_toast_chai_34 (b) Seed!84
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumShellTent84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Kite#25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake.hill.leaf.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 1
- LeafShellKite70
- Lamp-Gold-Wolf18
- 12
- Tent.Sand.Vine33
- weak
- others can guess it
- 2
- 3
- 4
- strong
- FernSandTiger47
- weak
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- 14
- 9
- toast!frog!tiger!18
- strong
- pearl-hill-toast-70
- 3
- ToastSeedLeaf86
- PlumBellToast27
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
- lamp#bell#shell#26
- risky
- Kite.Frog.Seed78
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- has a name or year
- wheel_toast_chai_34
- 15
- 14
- 3
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