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 “plum@fern@hill@48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Nisha2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “sandbrickshellcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “chaicorntoast52” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon#67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Ship.77” 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
- 7.🔐 Is “Boat.Kite.Plum16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “Sand#Frog#Lamp80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “Mango-78” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “neem_nest_kite_73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “welcome39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Shell-Tiger-Frog17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “pearldustwolf75” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum.Dust.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 16.🔐 “Frog_Hill_2008” 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
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Rain-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty41 (b) GoldNeemFrog13
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#89 (b) Neem#Shell#Seed64
- 22.🔐 Is “MoonChaiDust53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “admin57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Rain.49” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “RiverNeemLotus43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “Lotus-Pearl-Cloud49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 29.🔐 “Wolf.41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav@Seed@15 (b) nest-rain-dust-77
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “HillVineKite33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Neem.24” 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 “BoatVineMoon47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “MangoRiverNest15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “chai#gold#wolf#34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan@Dust@34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernshipbrickbell (b) FrogShipGold81
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed#Mango#Vine33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- 19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 12
- 7
- 4
- GoldNeemFrog13
- Neem#Shell#Seed64
- strong
- 7
- 2
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- risky
- shorter than 12
- nest-rain-dust-77
- 14
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 2
- strong
- strong
- 4
- FrogShipGold81
- 7
- 17
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