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 characters are in “Drum@Lamp@2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_Nest_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumPlumGold58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “cloudtigerseedfrog” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Shell-2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “NeemFernRiver61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_12 (b) pearl#neem#moon#47
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafPlumShip31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Hill!Nest!Pearl42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Diya2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Frog_43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Gold12 (b) bell-lamp-pond-44
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2014 (b) Sand@River@Shell18
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “LakeMoonKite22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “LampNeemMoon32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “pondtoastfrogneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “boat!brick!seed!29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed@Vine@2016 (b) Toast#Kite#Wheel85
- 24.🔐 Is “Plum.64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “wolftentleaf57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “dustsandneem62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 28.🔐 Is “welcome57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2018 (b) seed-drum-cloud-22
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “tentplumriver40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “DustPondLamp26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus!river!pond!23 (b) Iloveyou#River60
- 33.🔐 “Tara#Nest#19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon@river@dust@23 (b) Iloveyou.Bell33
- 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedboatvine62 (b) plum-mango-sand-65
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-plum-brick-37 (b) Frog_11
- 39.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Shell@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara_Gold_75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 14
- 4
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- strong
- pearl#neem#moon#47
- 8
- 4
- 14
- strong
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 10
- 9
- bell-lamp-pond-44
- Sand@River@Shell18
- 14
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- Toast#Kite#Wheel85
- weak
- 14
- 14
- 3
- weak
- seed-drum-cloud-22
- 15
- strong
- lotus!river!pond!23
- has a name or year
- moon@river@dust@23
- emojis
- 3
- plum-mango-sand-65
- sand-plum-brick-37
- weak
- 12
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