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 “Frog!Chai!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_Wolf_Frog44 (b) Tara2017
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-53 (b) DrumLeafNest81
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Frog.Dust74 (b) Shell@89
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampCornNeem44 (b) moonfrogvine66
- 6.🔐 Is “Bell.Gold.Frog66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornhillcloudrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “boattoastplumlamp” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornlakechai53 (b) CloudLampToast67
- 10.🔐 Is “LakeRainKite14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedhillwolfshell (b) Shell#Brick#Drum46
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickNestCorn74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “qwerty60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “belltentvinelamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Bell@Corn32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Wolf.Rain53 (b) Iloveyou.Sand73
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfpondboat71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellHillLake57 (b) Letmein_Lake48
- 20.🔐 “Drum_23” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_73 (b) Chai.Pearl.Fern32
- 22.🔐 “Neem_79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 23.🔐 “dustplumvinedrum” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “lotusrivergold32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Hill_24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud@sand@river@65 (b) admin55
- 27.🔐 “Drum_Nest_2017” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “drumlakekite58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusbellmangoriver (b) Pearl!Lamp!Fern23
- 30.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Plum86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 “riversandbrickmoon” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoKiteFrog27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password35 (b) hill@pearl@chai@72
- 34.🔐 “Diya.Plum.31” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password50 (b) LotusChaiDrum36
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome50 (b) TentNeemLamp70
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafWolfVine39 (b) tentchaicloudpond
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty61 (b) CornDustKite63
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PondCornDust74 (b) Ananya2014
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 14
- Kite_Wolf_Frog44
- DrumLeafNest81
- Lamp.Frog.Dust74
- LampCornNeem44
- strong
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- CloudLampToast67
- strong
- 3
- Shell#Brick#Drum46
- 3
- weak
- weak
- 4
- Neem.Wolf.Rain53
- 2
- BellHillLake57
- shorter than 12
- Chai.Pearl.Fern32
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- cloud@sand@river@65
- has a name or year
- weak
- Pearl!Lamp!Fern23
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- hill@pearl@chai@72
- has a name or year
- LotusChaiDrum36
- TentNeemLamp70
- LeafWolfVine39
- CornDustKite63
- PondCornDust74
- 9
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