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 “Ananya#Drum#45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!Dust!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Seed.Cloud.2009” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan@Chai@42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangochaitiger40 (b) Boat.Kite.Shell81
- 7.🔐 Is “cloudrainrivermoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafpearllakedrum (b) Leaf!Tent!Lamp30
- 9.🔐 Is “Corn!79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Hill84 (b) Lotus_Kite_Moon88
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellseedriver89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “seeddrumpearlchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “TigerPearlToast84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Seed67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🎂 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “corn-tiger-lotus-72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine-Neem-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Tiger-Tent75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password16 (b) LampLeafSeed46
- 20.🔐 Is “Lake-Tiger-Ship41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Bell.2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 23.🔐 Is “Tiger.Lamp.Wolf21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “nest#chai#mango#21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Admin-Cloud11” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “CornLampSeed45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatBellLotus75 (b) Meera#Pearl#61
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Ship84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “moon@plum@lamp@88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum!fern!drum!87 (b) Neem@Corn@2008
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus@brick@dust@63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond_26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “toastneemdustleaf” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafchaitoastdrum (b) Ship#Plum#Pond17
- 36.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverRainBoat30 (b) Letmein-Lamp34
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 39.🔐 Is “cloud@pond@rain@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!Brick!Boat16 (b) chaimoontoastpond
Answer key
- 14
- 4
- has a name or year
- 7
- 14
- Boat.Kite.Shell81
- weak
- Leaf!Tent!Lamp30
- weak
- Lotus_Kite_Moon88
- 2
- weak
- strong
- 4
- others can guess it
- 19
- 4
- 17
- LampLeafSeed46
- strong
- 14
- 3
- strong
- 18
- has a common word
- 14
- BoatBellLotus75
- 12
- strong
- plum!fern!drum!87
- 4
- 3
- 7
- weak
- Ship#Plum#Pond17
- risky
- RiverRainBoat30
- emojis
- strong
- Hill!Brick!Boat16
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