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 “RainMoonDrum79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain_Dust_Drum44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password63 (b) Bell@Frog@Rain49
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai-frog-lotus-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Shell_Rain_Brick62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Moon_Pearl_2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Shell32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “DustLotusTent79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusBrickShip55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “lamp!toast!rain!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Chai-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav#Sand#40 (b) river@cloud@pond@79
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust-63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “vineseedriverrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#river#wheel#52 (b) Letmein!River22
- 17.🔐 “Pond-Lamp-2017” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumDustPond14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger.Boat.Nest45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick-Boat-River47 (b) Ananya2014
- 21.🔐 “Corn_Mango_2015” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “admin33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-Boat-Brick31 (b) Qwerty#Leaf43
- 24.🔐 Is “Boat#25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondshiplotuspearl (b) ship#seed#plum#27
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Tent58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust@Lake@Neem51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Toast@47” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “BrickSeedCloud31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LotusSandHill68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-Bell-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainDustPlum41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “letmein36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Ishaan_Shell_27” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai!Sand!Wheel64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 14
- 16
- emojis
- Bell@Frog@Rain49
- 3
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 15
- 3
- strong
- weak
- river@cloud@pond@79
- 4
- 17
- drum#river#wheel#52
- has a name or year
- 14
- 17
- Brick-Boat-River47
- has a name or year
- weak
- Sand-Boat-Brick31
- weak
- ship#seed#plum#27
- 13
- 16
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 12
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- weak
- 8
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
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