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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Neem84 (b) chai-bell-lamp-89
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemChaiTent38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “FernVineCloud48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfkiteriverbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Tiger#Frog61 (b) Shell#Hill#2014
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Frog70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornFernMoon24 (b) Neem!Nest!2012
- 9.🔐 Is “Drum.River.2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “hillseedvine32” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Drum59 (b) Toast_Wheel_Kite83
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite.78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumvinepond18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Is “LotusTigerWheel10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumChaiSand80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond!Frog!Corn42 (b) tigerchaihill24
- 18.🔐 “pearlrainlamp49” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi_Brick_55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Moon26 (b) ship.wolf.neem.50
- 22.🔐 “Wolf#13” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill#plum#tiger#47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Seed_Wheel_Brick46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellFrogLotus62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_Pearl_2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “wolftoastfrogship” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya.Mango.28 (b) moon.sand.pond.16
- 29.🔐 Is “Admin#Hill73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 “cornvinecloud56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick.Moon.Boat51 (b) lotusboatchaihill
- 32.🔐 Is “Brick#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestkitedrumhill (b) SeedCornSand83
- 34.🔐 Is “Lake#Ship#Tent46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfCloudBoat58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusToastMoon48 (b) rivercornlake52
- 37.🔐 Is “sand@mango@plum@39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Ananya-Nest-55” 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
- 40.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
Answer key
- chai-bell-lamp-89
- 3
- strong
- 12
- 18
- Mango#Tiger#Frog61
- 12
- CornFernMoon24
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Toast_Wheel_Kite83
- 7
- 2
- 3
- strong
- 14
- Pond!Frog!Corn42
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- ship.wolf.neem.50
- shorter than 12
- 3
- strong
- 16
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- moon.sand.pond.16
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Brick.Moon.Boat51
- weak
- SeedCornSand83
- strong
- 15
- LotusToastMoon48
- strong
- 10
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
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