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 kinds of characters does “Ishaan_Drum_61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!Chai!Pond18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillPondNest49 (b) Iloveyou.Sand63
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 5.🔐 “Iloveyou@Seed54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Plum@43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “lakehilltiger51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “gold_frog_seed_70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine!hill!tiger!28 (b) Letmein#Ship37
- 10.🔐 Is “Leaf!Lake!Vine76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand#bell#river#71 (b) Kabir2015
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlmoontent69 (b) Bell!Wheel!Moon59
- 13.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornboatship70 (b) Pearl-Dust-Sand17
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “rain.wolf.vine.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl-Nest-Gold22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi#Vine#11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern!26 (b) ToastDrumLeaf83
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2008 (b) HillDrumTiger39
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp@toast@corn@59 (b) belllotusshell42
- 24.🔐 Is “Ananya#Drum#87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed_Shell_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “moon@leaf@dust@21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandLampShip24 (b) password62
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumlakerivershell (b) VineWheelSeed72
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 31.🔐 Is “Wheel_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum#lake#wolf#55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Wolf.Chai73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Cloud_74” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill!neem!corn!17 (b) plumriverbrickwolf
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “tentfernvine50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Pond55 (b) ToastRiverDust44
- 38.🔐 “lotusbricktoast89” 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
- 39.🔐 “Password_Pearl13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverTigerNeem54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- HillPondNest49
- risky
- has a common word
- 13
- 15
- 17
- vine!hill!tiger!28
- strong
- sand#bell#river#71
- Bell!Wheel!Moon59
- 3
- Pearl-Dust-Sand17
- others can guess it
- 10
- strong
- emojis
- 17
- 14
- ToastDrumLeaf83
- HillDrumTiger39
- lamp@toast@corn@59
- weak
- 9
- 4
- 17
- SandLampShip24
- VineWheelSeed72
- 12
- weak
- 3
- 4
- shorter than 12
- hill!neem!corn!17
- 14
- ToastRiverDust44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 3
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