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 “mangotentseed76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Pearl_48” 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
- 3.🔐 “chaiwolfcloudvine” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverWheelWolf19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “VineTigerKite16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Leaf.48” 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
- 7.🔐 “Diya-Mango-28” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “Meera2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondRainCorn76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-shell-dust-53 (b) Vine#33
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty26” 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.🔐 “hillgoldlampwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Gold.28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus-Shell-Pearl69 (b) Tiger.Pond.2008
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Pond_37 (b) Nest@Tent@Leaf31
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfplumpearlmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Tiger.Pearl.Brick48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Gold@Chai@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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein@Vine69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “frograincorndrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “chaibellplumseed” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2015 (b) Seed@Drum@Frog46
- 26.🔐 “Boat.Lamp.2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickRiverLamp64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Plum_17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 29.🔐 Is “Arjun_Leaf_43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Hill.Brick.Lotus18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Lake25 (b) wolf!neem!wheel!75
- 33.🔐 Is “lotus#boat#ship#18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Pond.2012 (b) chai@plum@lamp@75
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “nestplumseed19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Tiger.Wolf76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Boat-Mango64 (b) lotusseedtoast78
- 38.🔐 Is “lamp.leaf.nest.41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Mango!11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 15
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- moon-shell-dust-53
- 2
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- Lotus-Shell-Pearl69
- Nest@Tent@Leaf31
- risky
- 17
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Seed@Drum@Frog46
- has a name or year
- 16
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 7
- strong
- wolf!neem!wheel!75
- strong
- chai@plum@lamp@75
- 14
- 17
- Brick-Boat-Mango64
- strong
- others can guess it
- 13
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