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 “Nisha-Pearl-74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “brick#neem#toast#35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestdustlampwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Vihaan!Wheel!30” 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
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 7.🔐 Is “DrumPondTent77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilldustbellvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav#Tiger#69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornNeemToast34 (b) plumraintigergold
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Leaf.Corn74 (b) River!Toast!2010
- 12.🔐 “Brick_Sand_2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔐 Is “RiverMangoSand74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Tent19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou38 (b) river#bell#cloud#21
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2017 (b) SeedWolfFern10
- 17.🔐 Is “Shell#Lotus#Moon75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon_Hill_2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.Leaf.Boat44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentneemplumdust (b) Lake#Corn#Brick14
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudPlumFrog16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Corn60 (b) DrumCornRiver19
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger_Corn_River46 (b) shipdrumtentpearl
- 25.🔐 “kiteshipneemtoast” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “fernleafchaipond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “password25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Cloud-2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Wolf-Rain14 (b) fernmoonwheel25
- 31.🔐 Is “Lamp-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “Password@Fern51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogLotusPond41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#73 (b) Wheel.Rain.Vine68
- 35.🔐 Is “wheelmoonkitedrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustNestLotus44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “tigerplumfrog67” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Mango@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Drum.Rain.2012” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricktigerpearl76 (b) river.nest.frog.39
Answer key
- 4
- 8
- 19
- 1
- has a name or year
- 3
- strong
- 1
- 4
- CornNeemToast34
- Vine.Leaf.Corn74
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- river#bell#cloud#21
- SeedWolfFern10
- strong
- 14
- 4
- Lake#Corn#Brick14
- 15
- DrumCornRiver19
- 12
- Tiger_Corn_River46
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- weak
- emojis
- 15
- Vine-Wolf-Rain14
- weak
- weak
- 3
- Wheel.Rain.Vine68
- weak
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- river.nest.frog.39
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