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.🔐 Is “Rohan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Hill72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Corn@Drum@Pearl73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya-Kite-55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “nestsandclouddrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Moon-2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “hillboatriver57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_Pearl_Tent14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf!corn!dust!71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern@Dust@Nest48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “brickshellwolfboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Kabir2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!sand!lotus!52 (b) Lamp@84
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Corn_Fern55 (b) Qwerty@Drum86
- 16.🔐 Is “LotusMangoShip17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Drum29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Toast-Lake-2011” 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
- 20.🔐 “lampbrickshipchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafdrumgold37 (b) fern#drum#river#21
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampNeemShip36 (b) cloudboatdrummoon
- 23.🔐 Is “Leaf@Toast@Lamp15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!Dust!River44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 27.🔐 Is “toast_vine_lake_59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 “Moon!68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔐 “Neem@Dust@2008” 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
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 31.🔐 “Letmein-Wolf68” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “lake#river#boat#52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password19 (b) Lake-Corn-Cloud80
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest!Seed!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Ananya@Pond@24” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “NeemHillPearl69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya-Neem-75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain@Fern@Brick31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 12
- 4
- strong
- 12
- 17
- 4
- weak
- 4
- 3
- 4
- weak
- weak
- pearl!sand!lotus!52
- Shell_Corn_Fern55
- strong
- emojis
- 4
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fern#drum#river#21
- LampNeemShip36
- strong
- 17
- 8
- risky
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 3
- has a common word
- 18
- weak
- Lake-Corn-Cloud80
- 14
- has a name or year
- strong
- 2
- 12
- 4
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