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 “Tent.Plum.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “bricktentseed32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “Iloveyou_Frog16” 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
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Lamp_Frog_Wheel18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine#sand#wolf#46 (b) Lamp-Vine-2014
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlgoldmango18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin43 (b) Vine-Fern-Gold32
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Gold27 (b) Rain@Lotus@Chai38
- 11.🔐 Is “vine.shell.pearl.67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou!Moon69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “WolfHillCloud29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “mangoplumwheelkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond-vine-lamp-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn-Bell-2017 (b) plum#boat#wolf#27
- 17.🔐 Is “Toast-Sand-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf#toast#sand#36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.85 (b) neem#ship#river#69
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Neem.71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Leaf59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Diya#Sand#30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem-dust-wolf-57 (b) Kabir2018
- 24.🔐 “Diya!Frog!10” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Password_Gold61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “password21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 28.🔐 “Iloveyou!Drum52” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum-wolf-hill-11 (b) Toast_Shell_2008
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya_Wheel_76 (b) Kite-Pond-Seed42
- 31.🔐 Is “Moon@Vine@2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfrogcloud46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Chai-2018 (b) Wolf_Shell_Nest35
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#corn#chai#19 (b) Cloud#18
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Toast#Wheel24 (b) password55
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusshipleafbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest@74 (b) ShipPondNest40
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Neem.River84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 40.🔐 Is “wolf@lake@wheel@31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- emojis
- 3
- strong
- vine#sand#wolf#46
- 2
- Vine-Fern-Gold32
- Rain@Lotus@Chai38
- strong
- 4
- strong
- weak
- 3
- plum#boat#wolf#27
- weak
- 18
- neem#ship#river#69
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- neem-dust-wolf-57
- has a name or year
- weak
- 10
- 12
- has a common word
- plum-wolf-hill-11
- Kite-Pond-Seed42
- weak
- 2
- Wolf_Shell_Nest35
- cloud#corn#chai#19
- Bell#Toast#Wheel24
- 1
- ShipPondNest40
- 4
- 3
- strong
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