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 “shell@pond@tent@56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Dust_13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “rainhillrivership”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell.frog.tiger.20 (b) Letmein@Ship36
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “password73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “plum@wheel@river@57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel-lamp-frog-28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “RiverShellSand45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2012 (b) Shell!Vine!Lotus53
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerleafpondbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “drumpearlwolfgold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 14.🔐 “Qwerty!Drum20” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “River_Boat_2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf_cloud_kite_26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Saanvi#Hill#63” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “admin76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “FernRiverMango33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “lakesandmango25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “moondrumseed55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaflamppearl74 (b) FrogBoatLake42
- 23.🔐 “wheelnestdrum80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestlotusdust41 (b) PearlRiverToast35
- 26.🔐 “Iloveyou.Chai23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “sandraincorncloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-toast-neem-35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#Wolf#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “FernPearlPlum62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VinePlumTiger58 (b) Tara.Dust.27
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel_Nest_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Wheel@Dust14 (b) Aarav2015
- 37.🔐 Is “River.19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustdrumpearltoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillShellToast13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- 14
- 17
- 3
- shell.frog.tiger.20
- 10
- strong
- emojis
- 18
- strong
- Shell!Vine!Lotus53
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 15
- 18
- has a name or year
- 7
- strong
- weak
- weak
- FrogBoatLake42
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- PearlRiverToast35
- has a common word
- 17
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 15
- 9
- VinePlumTiger58
- others can guess it
- 4
- Fern@Wheel@Dust14
- weak
- 2
- 1
- 3
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