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 “seed.hill.lamp.55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Rohan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellsandtent40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “chaileafclouddust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship_12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfShellLake51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustMoonToast49 (b) Boat!Gold!2018
- 12.🔐 Is “Rohan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Toast#Lotus88 (b) dustwheelneemtoast
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger#lamp#plum#18 (b) Admin@Sand23
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Fern@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Kite_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kiteplumpearl84 (b) CornTigerDust77
- 21.🔐 “Password!Pearl42” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “BellDrumLeaf84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondboatmoontiger (b) neem@brick@bell@78
- 24.🔐 Is “Fern-54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Rain.39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “sandfernkitelake” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “dustbellsandboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastWolfWheel31 (b) Cloud!21
- 29.🔐 Is “Letmein!Bell11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Lamp.74” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusbellnestplum (b) Lake-Tent-Wheel32
- 32.🔐 Is “TentBrickShell45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuscloudpondlamp (b) corn@vine@wheel@78
- 35.🔐 Is “Kabir!Tiger!41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “toasthilllamplotus” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!63 (b) kite!ship!moon!45
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern#Brick#2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel.63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon.Tent.2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- weak
- 2
- 4
- 17
- 2
- 10
- 4
- 2
- 15
- DustMoonToast49
- weak
- Neem#Toast#Lotus88
- tiger#lamp#plum#18
- emojis
- risky
- 3
- 4
- weak
- CornTigerDust77
- has a common word
- strong
- neem@brick@bell@78
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- ToastWolfWheel31
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Lake-Tent-Wheel32
- strong
- 10
- corn@vine@wheel@78
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- kite!ship!moon!45
- 15
- 8
- 4
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