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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Dust_83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “seedvinegoldlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Lake_Lamp_Vine73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 6.🔐 Is “dust!wheel!frog!30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Toast!Nest77 (b) bellcornbricklotus
- 8.🔐 “Admin-Lotus39” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Lamp#17 (b) neem#pearl#toast#33
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “RainGoldLotus60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Seed87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “RiverHillCorn50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Qwerty.Gold75” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Wolf50 (b) HillWheelLake22
- 17.🔐 Is “river@nest@fern@19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell#lotus#chai#41 (b) Fern#18
- 19.🔐 Is “letmein22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainBoatLake31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Nest37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “sand#corn#shell#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustCloudChai31 (b) shellsandwolfnest
- 25.🔐 “Wheel-53” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedriverpearltent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonferncorn15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chailaketoastmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “ferntentsandlotus” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.chai.toast.84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2009 (b) ShipKiteTent81
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2008 (b) Mango.Lake.Frog24
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Brick#Mango63 (b) Password@Nest54
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.frog.gold.15 (b) ferntoastcorn89
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “pearltigercorn52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 4
- 17
- strong
- 12
- 3
- strong
- Pond!Toast!Nest77
- has a common word
- 2
- neem#pearl#toast#33
- 3
- 15
- 4
- strong
- has a common word
- HillWheelLake22
- strong
- bell#lotus#chai#41
- weak
- 3
- 15
- emojis
- 18
- DustCloudChai31
- shorter than 12
- 9
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 18
- ShipKiteTent81
- Mango.Lake.Frog24
- 2
- Gold#Brick#Mango63
- wheel.frog.gold.15
- 10
- weak
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