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) Kite.79 (b) BrickWolfWheel74
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “hillshipwolf26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Mango-Leaf-2008” 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
- 4.🔐 Is “Rohan!River!37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “DustChaiCorn26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “Kabir2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “raindustshelldrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Dust.21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “RainCornToast29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “tigerfernmango70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Plum-Neem29 (b) Welcome-Wolf34
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 13.🔐 Is “Nest.Hill.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Wolf-38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumBellCloud43 (b) iloveyou44
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitetigercloud70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2010 (b) Bell.Gold.Dust53
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#Rain#Fern29 (b) Kabir!Ship!55
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.Drum.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainCloudBrick64 (b) drumtigersand10
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Nest29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat-kite-toast-20 (b) Aarav2010
- 23.🔐 Is “Ship_88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatPondSand12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Mango@41” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_Dust_Plum55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “dustmangofroghill” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “tiger.lotus.rain.26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “neemtigerbellrain” 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
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine@Sand@2016 (b) Pond!Lake!Drum71
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-River-Hill72 (b) iloveyou42
- 35.🔐 Is “Admin.Lake29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#Tent#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Fern87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Qwerty.Vine43” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust@Bell@Chai77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- BrickWolfWheel74
- 14
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 15
- weak
- River-Plum-Neem29
- 3
- weak
- 13
- DrumBellCloud43
- 2
- Bell.Gold.Dust53
- Lake#Rain#Fern29
- 4
- RainCloudBrick64
- 15
- boat-kite-toast-20
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- Pond!Lake!Drum71
- 8
- Shell-River-Hill72
- weak
- 4
- risky
- 15
- has a common word
- 4
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