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) Letmein#Mango21 (b) Tent@Sand@Drum45
- 2.🔐 Is “Plum_27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “drumrivernestchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Fern-46” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2009 (b) CornLampWolf44
- 7.🔐 “sandmangopearlhill” 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
- 8.🔐 “Iloveyou@Moon68” 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
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 10.🔐 “Hill!Chai!2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Hill-83 (b) Wheel-Fern-River58
- 13.🔐 Is “SandShipNeem33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_52 (b) lake!pearl!bell!25
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoDrumMoon87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “NeemTigerCloud11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Bell@29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 “wheelshipkite22” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Moon#89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “HillBrickSeed23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “LakeCloudRiver17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “lamptenttigerboat” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus!Nest!Mango59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Kite#Boat56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Moon-Neem-Drum15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “nest!wolf!lamp!14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampSandBrick77 (b) chaitentpearlship
- 31.🔐 “Password_Seed28” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellMoonSeed72 (b) Corn!44
- 33.🔐 Is “Rohan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum-river-tiger-63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Meera2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Moon_Pond_Neem17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “shipfrogleafriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Lotus40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand-brick-cloud-29 (b) shipmoontigerbrick
Answer key
- Tent@Sand@Drum45
- weak
- 17
- 4
- shorter than 12
- CornLampWolf44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- 12
- Wheel-Fern-River58
- strong
- lake!pearl!bell!25
- 15
- strong
- weak
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 10
- 4
- strong
- strong
- LampSandBrick77
- has a common word
- ShellMoonSeed72
- weak
- 3
- weak
- strong
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- sand-brick-cloud-29
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