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) VinePondLake50 (b) Vine!Drum!2009
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Hill17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustBoatPearl14 (b) Kabir2014
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Boat_60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@pearl@lake@36 (b) brickhilltentcorn
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!boat!chai!20 (b) Dust@17
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond#River#Lotus70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 10.🔐 Is “Moon-Wheel-Cloud17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 “riverdrumdust64” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeRiverLamp64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@77 (b) Rain@Dust@Lotus82
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat@Lake@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Frog!Vine88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Wolf!Bell!2008” 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) Qwerty_Cloud70 (b) corn#moon#hill#69
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “password48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “fernkiteseedtent”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “dustlotushill57” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “PearlRainLotus74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Vine.2009 (b) Lotus!Pond!Tent45
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “bellgolddrumvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Shell-Tiger-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “lotusfrogneemlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “lampchailotuscloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolftoastgold85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 32.🔐 Is “Toast@Pond@Nest71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.61 (b) PlumSeedLamp10
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya-Brick-19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_20 (b) KiteBoatDrum36
- 37.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick!Frog!Gold58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Aarav2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Boat.Neem.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- VinePondLake50
- 8
- 12
- DustBoatPearl14
- 4
- brick@pearl@lake@36
- river!boat!chai!20
- 18
- 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 3
- Rain@Dust@Lotus82
- emojis
- 8
- 14
- 4
- has a name or year
- corn#moon#hill#69
- 10
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- Lotus!Pond!Tent45
- 16
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 2
- risky
- strong
- PlumSeedLamp10
- 9
- 4
- KiteBoatDrum36
- others can guess it
- 4
- weak
- weak
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