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 “lamp.vine.frog.56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog@mango@chai@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara_Frog_81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Pond-Tent80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “NeemPearlDrum30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestShipVine15 (b) Vihaan2008
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Boat#2009 (b) seed@toast@vine@79
- 8.🔐 “Diya@Ship@64” 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.🔐 Is “corn-shell-sand-34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@67 (b) KiteLotusDust24
- 14.🔐 “belldrumnest40” 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
- 15.🔐 “Tiger-Lotus-2011” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum_Pond_Bell58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “ship#frog#toast#43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfroglamp26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Sand#28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship_Kite_Seed28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 22.🔐 “tentfrogvine19” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Frog81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2015 (b) fern!rain!sand!51
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel-dust-lotus-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “ship#cloud#lamp#36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ToastNeemChai80 (b) River.Pearl.2009
- 29.🔐 Is “drumlotusgold75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “DrumFernSeed17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2015 (b) River#Hill#Ship78
- 32.🔐 “Qwerty@Pearl35” 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
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Seed!Pond!Gold88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitedustlamp45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “lotus_sand_wolf_75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!73 (b) CornNeemChai41
- 40.🔐 Is “qwerty31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 17
- 3
- 4
- 17
- strong
- NestShipVine15
- seed@toast@vine@79
- has a name or year
- strong
- others can guess it
- 2
- 12
- KiteLotusDust24
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- 2
- weak
- 16
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- 4
- fern!rain!sand!51
- 3
- strong
- ToastNeemChai80
- weak
- strong
- River#Hill#Ship78
- has a common word
- risky
- 3
- strong
- 3
- 2
- strong
- CornNeemChai41
- weak
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