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 “Vihaan#Rain#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya@Wheel@88 (b) Drum.Dust.Wolf23
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “drumlotusmoonfern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome_Lamp88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “admin42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Moon!58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog_Bell_Toast37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “HillWolfCorn39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Nisha@Pond@17” 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
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin23 (b) BoatTentPlum62
- 16.🔐 Is “PearlCloudTiger59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “admin41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf-39 (b) neem-drum-wolf-50
- 19.🔐 “Letmein.Hill62” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Rohan-Tiger-37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Cloud@75” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@Corn@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “pearl-ship-corn-46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain-Pearl-Mango72 (b) Fern#Leaf#2013
- 26.🔐 Is “Password.Kite52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “RainBellWolf40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_Ship_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Sand.72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Rain#Brick47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai.drum.rain.21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “cloud@rain@toast@68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Pond#Neem82 (b) Hill!54
- 34.🔐 “Meera_Moon_48” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@wolf@lamp@65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumShipRiver20 (b) Ship.32
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn!seed!brick!34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#Toast#2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!Moon!2013 (b) rain#hill#shell#61
Answer key
- 14
- 3
- Drum.Dust.Wolf23
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 4
- 7
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 8
- strong
- has a name or year
- 12
- BoatTentPlum62
- strong
- weak
- neem-drum-wolf-50
- has a common word
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 14
- strong
- 3
- Rain-Pearl-Mango72
- weak
- strong
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- strong
- Gold#Pond#Neem82
- has a name or year
- 3
- DrumShipRiver20
- 3
- emojis
- 15
- rain#hill#shell#61
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