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) tent_boat_cloud_13 (b) Moon@56
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigernestboatlamp (b) lotus!kite!bell!80
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumNeemRain13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 5.🔐 “Gold#22” 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
- 6.🔐 Is “MangoChaiRain77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusShipKite17 (b) Nisha2015
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Pond!Lotus11 (b) Vihaan2015
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud_22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “River-Nest-Vine28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “mango_pearl_lake_56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “Lotus_48” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Bell_30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “moon!kite!pond!43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Moon-86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Nest33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill-Sand-Neem80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverhillseed79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold@mango@wheel@11 (b) leafkitepond76
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “drum#dust#ship#89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornRiverNeem22 (b) Ship!58
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotustentbellnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Plum_Sand_Pond28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “LeafTentGold15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Gold71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_Drum_Plum55 (b) cornpondlotuspearl
- 27.🔐 Is “ShellShipCloud41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Tent-2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “qwerty46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “drumcloudvine41” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf_hill_brick_75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustMoonCloud31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “sand.wheel.tiger.10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Drum35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf@Neem@Vine76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerwolflampmoon (b) lotus@rain@sand@80
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusbrickriverlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) safe (d) risky
- 39.🔐 “neemshipkite23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Vine13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- tent_boat_cloud_13
- lotus!kite!bell!80
- 14
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- strong
- LotusShipKite17
- Rain!Pond!Lotus11
- 8
- 17
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 17
- weak
- 4
- 4
- 2
- gold@mango@wheel@11
- 17
- CornRiverNeem22
- 1
- strong
- strong
- 12
- Lake_Drum_Plum55
- strong
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- 3
- 19
- 15
- 16
- lotus@rain@sand@80
- 19
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
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