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 “tentseedchai81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “cloudferntigerneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Mango@Leaf@Dust14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Is “hillseedmoondust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “Mango-Lake-Vine51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearltoastseed52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Sand41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Pond.Neem.2009” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_Ship_2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Chai_Sand24 (b) qwerty62
- 15.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 16.🔐 “Mango.Kite.2010” 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
- 17.🔐 “Bell#75” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandtoastpearlchai (b) Frog#Wolf#Gold14
- 19.🔐 “pearlcornfroglotus” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!Fern!Sand54 (b) tigerriverboatwolf
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick_Lotus_Ship67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Diya!Wolf!51” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Lake!Kite34 (b) Fern#85
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust!River!Boat18 (b) pearlplumchai62
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Kabir2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Aarav_Toast_12” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Tent53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@pond@tiger@81 (b) Qwerty-Toast12
- 31.🔐 Is “bricktoastbell32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “pearlwolfgoldhill” 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
- 36.🔐 “cornlakerain24” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Lake-Pond87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverSeedVine17 (b) Arjun2017
- 39.🔐 “Neem-Tiger-2017” 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
- 40.🔐 “belllamptentbrick” 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
Answer key
- 2
- 3
- risky
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 2
- 14
- has a name or year
- 4
- Drum_Chai_Sand24
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- Frog#Wolf#Gold14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Chai!Fern!Sand54
- 18
- has a name or year
- Sand!Lake!Kite34
- Dust!River!Boat18
- 9
- weak
- 9
- has a name or year
- 4
- brick@pond@tiger@81
- weak
- 7
- 12
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- RiverSeedVine17
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
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