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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin_Tent72 (b) drum@dust@neem@60
- 3.🔐 “pondtentwheel55” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust_ship_rain_66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “Vihaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell.42 (b) Mango!Neem!Pond23
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Mango-45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “toastrivermoon25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 10.🎂 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera@Hill@36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@pond@gold@22 (b) Sand@66
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerbrickdrummango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafbellriver14 (b) fern.lamp.lake.21
- 15.🔐 “Kabir!Lake!33” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “gold-bell-pearl-29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest_lake_cloud_12 (b) Kite_Cloud_2008
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust#46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Arjun@Vine@89” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed!Bell!Leaf15 (b) brickplumvinelake
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverMangoShell26 (b) Lamp.42
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf!frog!neem!48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “lampbrickrainplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn!chai!plum!82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “Rain-Shell-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Frog#Dust#Toast16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondshipfernpearl (b) SandTentLake23
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel-Neem-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “dustsandnest40” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Drum!44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus!Bell!Tent76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “nestboatplumfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Leaf-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandlotusbrick28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “tent@tiger@seed@49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfFernWheel51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Ship#Tent#Pond62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “wheel_sand_lamp_35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin77 (b) pond-lotus-pearl-51
Answer key
- 12
- drum@dust@neem@60
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- weak
- Mango!Neem!Pond23
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 13
- pearl@pond@gold@22
- 1
- fern.lamp.lake.21
- has a name or year
- 18
- nest_lake_cloud_12
- 4
- has a name or year
- Seed!Bell!Leaf15
- RiverMangoShell26
- 17
- 17
- 3
- weak
- strong
- 9
- SandTentLake23
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 17
- weak
- 15
- 2
- strong
- 15
- strong
- strong
- pond-lotus-pearl-51
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