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 “boatbrickfern52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverleaflampfrog (b) CloudTigerPond70
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp-neem-nest-80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “ShipNeemDrum84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dustbrickshell72 (b) Leaf.Wolf.Tiger74
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Tent@74 (b) Seed.Drum.Rain24
- 9.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Hill82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “River.Tiger.2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “Arjun-Sand-65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainSeedToast68 (b) Rohan.Moon.41
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandmangocornkite (b) Pond#Ship#Sand60
- 14.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 16.🔐 “Wheel@27” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Wheel27 (b) kite#bell#dust#85
- 18.🔐 Is “ChaiShipToast24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern@Tiger@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn@Lamp@Seed42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Lotus_Moon_Seed34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus.river.boat.80 (b) Boat!Tiger!2018
- 23.🔐 “cornhillcloudlake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 24.🔐 “toastchaishipcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan_Ship_88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “RainCornKite61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river_lamp_dust_25 (b) iloveyou82
- 28.🔐 Is “Mango#41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Is “Welcome@Brick14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “Wheel.Neem.Bell15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “HillVineWheel17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell.30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-neem-wheel-65 (b) neemboatgold63
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein#Dust16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Vihaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “NestWolfMoon89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Qwerty!Rain66” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernCornDrum56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 15
- CloudTigerPond70
- others can guess it
- 12
- 3
- strong
- Leaf.Wolf.Tiger74
- Seed.Drum.Rain24
- weak
- weak
- weak
- RainSeedToast68
- Pond#Ship#Sand60
- risky
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- kite#bell#dust#85
- strong
- 15
- 16
- strong
- lotus.river.boat.80
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- strong
- river_lamp_dust_25
- weak
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 4
- brick-neem-wheel-65
- 3
- 4
- weak
- 14
- 2
- has a common word
- 3
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