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 “moonleafhill63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Cloud#River87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell-toast-gold-20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “fernvinekitechai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 6.🔐 “neemcornkite43” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2008 (b) SeedToastRiver18
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “password27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornRainLotus61 (b) Fern@Lamp@2017
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentsandlotus22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum#River#Seed59 (b) iloveyou29
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Frog56 (b) wolf@pearl@kite@25
- 14.🔐 “Diya!Leaf!32” 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
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.17 (b) CloudSeedNest36
- 17.🔐 Is “Ananya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemwolfship56 (b) Lake.Nest.Pearl25
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestBellTent23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Rohan_Sand_22” 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) Corn!Boat!Pearl21 (b) Diya2010
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan-Sand-31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@pearl@river@44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Lake-Hill58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “NeemDustFern25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Dust.Drum.2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 Is “Seed!Pearl!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “drumlotusleaf87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumSandHill32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “boat@ship@seed@38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “Neem#25” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “LotusLakeMango63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Toast_50” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Boat.Dust21 (b) brickwheelrainriver
- 38.🔐 “Tent#Pond#2014” 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
- 39.🔐 “tentchaitoastpearl” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 “brickmangowolf27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
Answer key
- 2
- 18
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SeedToastRiver18
- 12
- 10
- CornRainLotus61
- 2
- Drum#River#Seed59
- wolf@pearl@kite@25
- has a name or year
- 3
- CloudSeedNest36
- weak
- Lake.Nest.Pearl25
- 3
- has a name or year
- Corn!Boat!Pearl21
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 16
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 15
- 3
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 7
- shorter than 12
- Gold.Boat.Dust21
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
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