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) BoatGoldRiver15 (b) Cloud-Lake-2016
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!Wolf!Nest84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafChaiFern73 (b) Toast-29
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemmangotoastriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty81 (b) drum.frog.bell.63
- 7.🔐 Is “kitetoastpond77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 9.🔐 Is “Lamp!Fern!Tiger28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “Wolf!Vine!Rain59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “boatbrickchaiwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “tent_nest_ship_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Dust.Wolf29 (b) Leaf#Rain#2015
- 14.🔐 “drumgoldneem31” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya.Wheel.30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Lake@Lotus@Plum69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “plumnestwheel86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfDrumBell51 (b) pondnestwheel18
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “corntoasttigerkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Nest.58” 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
- 22.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Kite23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Rohan@Plum@51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “rain#wolf#vine#76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillWolfShell82 (b) Tara2018
- 30.🔐 Is “lotuscloudneem64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “seedtentcloud58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudrainlotusneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@Brick@Toast57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “plum@tiger@chai@66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “lotusgoldmango40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 36.🔐 Is “Ananya_River_80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Neem@65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Boat!Dust23 (b) Bell-36
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@51 (b) Lamp@Sand@Moon86
- 40.🔐 Is “Dust!Cloud!Shell70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- BoatGoldRiver15
- 16
- LeafChaiFern73
- 1
- 3
- drum.frog.bell.63
- weak
- emojis
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 17
- Brick.Dust.Wolf29
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- strong
- 15
- WolfDrumBell51
- 12
- 18
- shorter than 12
- risky
- 4
- weak
- 10
- strong
- 2
- 2
- HillWolfShell82
- weak
- 15
- 1
- 18
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- Rain!Boat!Dust23
- Lamp@Sand@Moon86
- strong
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