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) TentRainSand22 (b) Tara2016
- 2.🔐 Is “TentRainWheel59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “River!Shell!Pearl20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “mango#dust#rain#49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Tiger_Rain_2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “letmein33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “TentVineLeaf22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Qwerty-Nest59” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_56 (b) moon_mango_shell_80
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Password_Leaf75” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat!15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornshellgold69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick@50 (b) mango!hill!shell!15
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafRiverLamp44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Plum!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “drumkiteshipmoon” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel_Moon_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “cloudlotustentdrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Nisha!Lotus!79” 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
- 21.🎂 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfrivergoldtiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Seed36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “neemriverkite10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir@Kite@13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.lamp.river.83 (b) Drum_72
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Dust@Lotus31 (b) Vihaan-Pond-61
- 28.🔐 Is “bellvinetiger84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “password41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Ananya#Cloud#18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “Frog-Lotus-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Is “wolf!plum!shell!18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Nisha2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Nisha@Leaf@18” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Leaf@Shell15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2011 (b) NestPondRiver11
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp.drum.nest.43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password63 (b) Fern.Brick.Sand66
- 40.🔐 “Pond.25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
Answer key
- TentRainSand22
- strong
- strong
- 18
- weak
- weak
- strong
- has a common word
- moon_mango_shell_80
- 10
- has a common word
- 7
- 2
- mango!hill!shell!15
- 15
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- 1
- 4
- weak
- 13
- leaf.lamp.river.83
- Boat@Dust@Lotus31
- weak
- 3
- 10
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- weak
- has a name or year
- 17
- NestPondRiver11
- 3
- Fern.Brick.Sand66
- shorter than 12
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