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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “drumwheellake36” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 “Bell#Moon#2011” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “brickshellkiteship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “WheelLeafKite12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Hill78 (b) Kite@Nest@Lamp58
- 10.🔐 “bellmangorainwolf” 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
- 11.🔐 Is “bellriversandship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “lakelotusfernkite” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog#Pearl#2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@pond@pearl@21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Cloud#Boat#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “welcome16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Gold!Brick!2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir@Nest@35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Wolf@2009 (b) Rain@Ship@Gold39
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir_Pearl_82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Ship-Neem-Corn56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Tara2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Letmein_River88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “seedkitemangolamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2013 (b) shell#pond#hill#78
- 28.🔐 Is “wheel!neem!brick!66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password10 (b) lamp-cloud-rain-39
- 32.🔐 Is “TentSandBrick33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “Vine@36” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “brickrivershipmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusBoatLamp51 (b) Kite#Gold#2010
- 36.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 37.🔐 Is “dustboatrivermango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “lake#shell#fern#27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Password.Sand19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- emojis
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 8
- 18
- 4
- 15
- Kite@Nest@Lamp58
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- 3
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 4
- Rain@Ship@Gold39
- 4
- strong
- weak
- weak
- weak
- shell#pond#hill#78
- strong
- 12
- 4
- lamp-cloud-rain-39
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- LotusBoatLamp51
- risky
- weak
- 18
- weak
- 9
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