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 “corn_tiger_sand_14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “lotuscornkite71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakedustfern17 (b) nest_pond_hill_34
- 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Bell42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Brick.Lake.Toast84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Leaf@15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔐 “Lotus#20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🔐 Is “Frog#25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-Gold-Mango15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfpearlchaipond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav_Lotus_11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “RainGoldPond45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafcorndrumsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “cornpearlchai46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Drum#2013 (b) Dust_Chai_Lotus43
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Drum#Rain11 (b) Meera2016
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty.Seed56 (b) frog-dust-toast-20
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “rain-chai-lake-78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Toast_39” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust.lotus.tiger.71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Vihaan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “toastneemcorn81” 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
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai@40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Ananya!Frog!52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Sand@Gold@Lamp64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “sandneemriver50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Tent61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “Tara2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatFernVine25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 18
- weak
- nest_pond_hill_34
- weak
- strong
- 7
- shorter than 12
- shorter than 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- 17
- 17
- 2
- 7
- 14
- 14
- 1
- 8
- 15
- Dust_Chai_Lotus43
- River#Drum#Rain11
- frog-dust-toast-20
- 8
- 17
- weak
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 3
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 3
- 4
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 2
- 3
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