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 characters are in “Toast-Drum-2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Ishaan@Pearl@17” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake.wheel.shell.57 (b) Seed-Frog-2012
- 4.🔐 Is “Wolf@Vine@Chai55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaftoastdust13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “Kite#Sand#2017” 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
- 7.🔐 “Meera.Gold.86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 8.🔐 “Hill@84” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “PondMoonBell10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Lamp-Hill-2012” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Corn_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “lamp_moon_dust_83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “qwerty14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_River59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Lake!72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick@ship@vine@73 (b) shellchaihill72
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) on your notebook cover (d) in a class chat
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “toastdrumplum36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Pearl-Cloud86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou30 (b) Rain@Lake@Lotus19
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “rain!drum!nest!68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “FernBrickPearl64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Corn#Mango#Vine88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Nest32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Frog-48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Letmein_Dust31” 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
- 31.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafkiteship71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “MoonVineKite34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “drumtoastgoldvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlakesandplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 “Drum_28” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “FrogMoonRain62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha!Boat!32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 15
- has a name or year
- lake.wheel.shell.57
- strong
- 2
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 9
- 7
- 14
- has a name or year
- 4
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 14
- brick@ship@vine@73
- 2
- in your head
- 15
- 18
- Rain@Lake@Lotus19
- 8
- strong
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 13
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- 2
- strong
- 17
- 16
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 2
- strong
- 13
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