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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_58 (b) FrogFernLotus83
- 2.🔐 “Rohan.Sand.48” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-Wolf-2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Vine!Tent63 (b) wheellakemangomoon
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp#64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “chai#bell#lake#24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Plum-25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellDrumRiver49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold-river-tiger-73 (b) qwerty55
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampbrickmoonplum (b) drum_brick_rain_15
- 12.🔐 Is “Diya.Shell.80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast_rain_cloud_56 (b) Pond!Rain!2017
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Boat13 (b) LampChaiKite44
- 15.🔐 “vinewolffern76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 16.🔐 “Arjun!Lake!22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Shell72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “Ship_Mango_Tent45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Aarav-Seed-16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 21.🔐 Is “RainPondBell32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Wolf42 (b) neem.corn.plum.14
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaicornseed15 (b) Vine_Drum_Cloud32
- 24.🔐 Is “Tiger.Chai.2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “tentcloudtoast37” 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
- 26.🔐 “Diya.River.29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔐 “dustlamptoast46” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickLampBell35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Leaf_Nest_Vine17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “lotuschaidust59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “Aarav.River.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelleafdust17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 35.🔐 “Brick@72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Wheel.61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “wolfleafdustkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf.lamp.river.77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “vineneemfern70” 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
- 40.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
Answer key
- FrogFernLotus83
- has a name or year
- 4
- Sand!Vine!Tent63
- 7
- strong
- weak
- 10
- 3
- gold-river-tiger-73
- drum_brick_rain_15
- weak
- toast_rain_cloud_56
- LampChaiKite44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- emojis
- strong
- neem.corn.plum.14
- Vine_Drum_Cloud32
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 3
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 2
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
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