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 “Rohan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “rain_dust_chai_68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!Sand36 (b) hill_sand_neem_89
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Brick77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Toast24 (b) SandNeemBell15
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan_Moon_28 (b) brick_plum_hill_50
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelCloudToast60 (b) Ishaan2011
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “drumleafvine26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem!61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “neem.pond.rain.51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “Ananya.Lamp.44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond#32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Nest.87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus@Pearl@Kite53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Plum#Shell27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Leaf@25” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Lotus.Corn77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 19.🔐 “Letmein@Nest65” 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
- 20.🔐 “tentneemmangonest” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolftigersand42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Vine@Brick@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “chaisandmoon57” 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
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Wolf#2012 (b) Rain#Hill#Dust19
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.Drum.River23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “CornMangoKite26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelpearlplum47 (b) Leaf#Pond#Seed16
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogPearlRiver21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Sand.39” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “kitegoldtoast87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafmoonfrogdrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 34.🔐 “Moon@Pond@2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Lamp_57 (b) bell@boat@toast@23
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogplumneembrick (b) sand_moon_mango_55
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#Plum#Lotus41 (b) River-Kite-2016
- 38.🎂 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Seed21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell.seed.plum.18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 9
- strong
- hill_sand_neem_89
- 4
- SandNeemBell15
- brick_plum_hill_50
- WheelCloudToast60
- 14
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- 14
- 18
- 17
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 3
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- Rain#Hill#Dust19
- 4
- 15
- Leaf#Pond#Seed16
- 16
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 1
- 12
- has a name or year
- bell@boat@toast@23
- sand_moon_mango_55
- Vine#Plum#Lotus41
- others can guess it
- 4
- 3
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