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 “Ananya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentLampCorn65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_Wolf_Lotus56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.Tiger.Dust35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@Corn@2013 (b) Gold-Rain-Hill51
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlriverlake39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Tiger@32” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔐 “Frog.28” 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
- 11.🔐 “hillriverneemfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome69 (b) lamp.plum.fern.70
- 13.🔐 “toastdrumpearlgold” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 14.🔐 “Ishaan-Ship-50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Vine@2009 (b) Pearl@Wheel@Mango68
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake_80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand@vine@hill@72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Sand-Brick-Toast46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Frog-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 21.🔐 Is “Password-Hill31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast@Kite@Tent40 (b) Rohan2015
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@Lamp@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 25.🔐 “Nest-Kite-2010” 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
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Drum-Wolf50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast.vine.pearl.12 (b) neemshellrainchai
- 29.🔐 “tenthillleaffrog” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemPearlLake26 (b) Vihaan2017
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 33.🔐 Is “Neem#Tiger#Mango33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “shipboatkite41” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.Nest.Leaf11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Ananya2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “tentcloudfrogwolf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Admin@Fern45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “Meera2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 10
- risky
- 3
- 17
- 4
- 4
- Gold-Rain-Hill51
- 16
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lamp.plum.fern.70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- Pearl@Wheel@Mango68
- 7
- 3
- strong
- weak
- 12
- weak
- Toast@Kite@Tent40
- 14
- emojis
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 17
- toast.vine.pearl.12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- NeemPearlLake26
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 9
- weak
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