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 “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-Kite-Tiger20 (b) corndustnest60
- 3.🔐 “Sand@27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf@25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “ToastNestFrog73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “Pearl.Boat.Wolf32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed#Cloud#2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “hillleafbell48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “gold@vine@cloud@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaflakemoon36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Sand!37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumChaiWheel31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “RainSeedFern59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “ShellDustCloud89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl.Drum.Mango24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “boathillseedvine” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem@Lotus@Mango73 (b) Drum.Sand.2014
- 19.🔐 “bellkitedrumseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Kite#22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Gold!Wheel!Lamp45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moonlotusbellsand (b) Boat_Nest_Lake83
- 24.🔐 “Welcome!River89” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainmoonnestbell (b) rain.mango.ship.38
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentNeemSand84 (b) rivercorndrumshell
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Hill59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustHillKite71 (b) Lamp@Tent@2012
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Neem@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Rohan#Wheel#24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondRainNeem21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Nest#Seed#2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 33.🔐 Is “KiteLampPond77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemshipplumlotus (b) WheelLakeBrick27
- 35.🔐 “River-78” 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
- 36.🔐 “vinetoastlamp86” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerWheelBoat47 (b) Sand-37
- 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake!frog!boat!16 (b) Vihaan2014
- 40.🔐 Is “lake#corn#gold#47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 9
- Wolf-Kite-Tiger20
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- strong
- 15
- weak
- 18
- 2
- 10
- 4
- 3
- 14
- strong
- 18
- weak
- Neem@Lotus@Mango73
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- strong
- 3
- Boat_Nest_Lake83
- has a common word
- rain.mango.ship.38
- TentNeemSand84
- 4
- DustHillKite71
- 14
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- WheelLakeBrick27
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- TigerWheelBoat47
- 3
- lake!frog!boat!16
- strong
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