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.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Drum81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfLeafLake49 (b) letmein43
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelsandleafplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “wheelrivercorntoast”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLeafSand51 (b) Ishaan2008
- 9.🔐 “dustfernplumneem” 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
- 10.🔐 “Meera-Boat-23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf@vine@tiger@77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Ishaan-Wheel-36” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Vine@Dust51 (b) Meera_Moon_46
- 14.🔐 “mangoneemtentlotus” 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
- 15.🔐 “Wheel#79” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “Brick-Lotus-Kite77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 19.🔐 “rainriverleafmoon” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Frog75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Aarav!Fern!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “LampVineNeem23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin39 (b) Lotus-Plum-Brick31
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@river@tent@62 (b) Fern!43
- 25.🔐 Is “Brick!54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum.cloud.tiger.63 (b) qwerty21
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Dust72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Lamp_Moon_2010” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonlotusshellchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Welcome@Hill70” 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
- 32.🔐 “pondlakelampship” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Kite64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel@mango@kite@28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “PondNeemFern64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 38.🔐 Is “Ananya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Is “River!Wolf!Boat32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum_37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 3
- others can guess it
- 12
- WolfLeafLake49
- 1
- 2
- 19
- NeemLeafSand51
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a name or year
- Tiger@Vine@Dust51
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 8
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Lotus-Plum-Brick31
- brick@river@tent@62
- weak
- drum.cloud.tiger.63
- 4
- 2
- has a name or year
- 1
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- 19
- 14
- emojis
- weak
- strong
- 4
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