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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Gold.Brick19 (b) Boat-48
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2012 (b) chai-sand-drum-10
- 3.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Drum80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Seed_Brick58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “kite!fern!nest!68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “kitetoastgold12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “shellrainboat18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud.moon.rain.59 (b) Iloveyou!Boat80
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password59 (b) LotusLampSeed18
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudPlumFrog35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudWolfMango53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Drum@Cloud@Pond20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “Boat.Brick.Gold64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “Password.Lake47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔐 “Plum!48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “belldrumfern20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha@Mango@63 (b) DustFernChai15
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Shell#2012 (b) RainLampRiver10
- 25.🔐 Is “PearlFrogMoon73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Lamp.Sand50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Corn-Ship80 (b) Neem_15
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudshellriver66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2012 (b) vine-rain-boat-67
- 32.🔐 Is “Nest_Mango_2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.Kite.2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Shell#44” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Password!Brick19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#Neem#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerMoonBoat15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Seed!28” 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
Answer key
- Lamp.Gold.Brick19
- chai-sand-drum-10
- weak
- 4
- 3
- 10
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- cloud.moon.rain.59
- LotusLampSeed18
- 3
- emojis
- 3
- 12
- 4
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 2
- DustFernChai15
- RainLampRiver10
- strong
- risky
- 4
- 7
- Gold-Corn-Ship80
- 2
- vine-rain-boat-67
- weak
- 15
- 4
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 4
- 15
- 3
- shorter than 12
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