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, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#Sand#Lotus22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus#sand#river#85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellcornkite89 (b) brick@pearl@kite@22
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 6.🔐 Is “Leaf!Wheel!Dust29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill-Kite-Seed33 (b) Nisha2012
- 8.🔐 “Password_Chai10” 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
- 9.🔐 “Cloud_18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir!Shell!19 (b) lake#nest#hill#43
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaikitewheel42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “lamptentlotustoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Fern_2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 16.🔐 “Ishaan@Corn@49” 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
- 17.🔐 “Iloveyou.Wheel70” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@Rain@Lake28 (b) Tent!Hill!2014
- 19.🔐 Is “qwerty72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Nisha-Kite-61” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Leaf-Seed34 (b) lampcornsandbrick
- 22.🔐 “nesthillbelldust” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “admin70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-River-Lotus57 (b) Vihaan2015
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Sand-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastdrumvine32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Wheel@Nest46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake@mango@tent@77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@lotus@dust@32 (b) Admin-Lotus78
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan_River_89 (b) ShellHillBoat68
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha#Pond#12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Hill.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus!31 (b) Sand.Bell.Nest10
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.Corn.Tent65 (b) Welcome@Lotus72
- 36.🔐 “fernlotuschai21” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Mango61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “frog-leaf-bell-28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_Sand_Chai11 (b) goldmangosand36
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- 4
- 19
- brick@pearl@kite@22
- emojis
- strong
- Hill-Kite-Seed33
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- lake#nest#hill#43
- 2
- weak
- 4
- 8
- 12
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- Lamp@Rain@Lake28
- weak
- has a name or year
- Moon-Leaf-Seed34
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- Vine-River-Lotus57
- 14
- 2
- 4
- 3
- vine@lotus@dust@32
- ShellHillBoat68
- 13
- 9
- 13
- Sand.Bell.Nest10
- Kite.Corn.Tent65
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 17
- Lake_Sand_Chai11
- 8
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