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 “tentseedpond80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellSandRain41 (b) lamplotusfrog65
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Lotus19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) neem#moon#boat#11
- 5.🔐 “Boat!Vine!2012” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum.16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Chai_Hill_Cloud77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Pond-82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogmoondustbrick (b) Gold_Mango_Neem40
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “river@wolf@seed@77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudtigerpearllake (b) dust_nest_lake_34
- 12.🔐 Is “Neem@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “Welcome-Pearl41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “NestShipSeed18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty-Corn40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond!Tent!Corn46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “Lamp-Moon-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumpondcorn57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2017 (b) DustLakeBell36
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship@Neem@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerlotusriver12 (b) mango!fern!drum!79
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiterivermangomoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Lake!61” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Lamp.16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 27.🔐 Is “Vihaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 “Rain!87” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Tiger#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “River-Lamp-2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Mango-2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick#Tiger#Mango54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoKiteMoon56 (b) Admin@Lake62
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “brickpondlotusdrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “LakePearlHill79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell.74 (b) mango#kite#corn#12
- 40.🔐 Is “CornSandNeem36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 2
- ShellSandRain41
- 4
- neem#moon#boat#11
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Gold_Mango_Neem40
- 18
- dust_nest_lake_34
- weak
- has a common word
- 14
- 13
- 16
- weak
- 7
- 2
- DustLakeBell36
- 4
- mango!fern!drum!79
- 1
- shorter than 12
- 4
- risky
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 15
- 15
- 4
- MangoKiteMoon56
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 15
- 3
- mango#kite#corn#12
- strong
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