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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Lotus17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumKiteSand76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Chai-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “KiteSandCloud28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Tara-Wheel-16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakebellmoonboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Brick-17 (b) tiger!shell!wheel!36
- 11.🔐 Is “welcome79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2009 (b) Pearl_Lake_Kite87
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “leaf#mango#gold#87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Wheel28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “iloveyou22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumcloudpearlleaf (b) BrickPearlSand43
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill!Chai!Leaf40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship@sand@rain@25 (b) Qwerty#Fern54
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Shell!Chai30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Corn#Hill62 (b) Kite-73
- 22.🔐 “mangorivertentgold” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir-Mango-83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan.Fern.38 (b) PondRainCorn13
- 26.🔐 Is “Aarav2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-Chai-Seed39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem!Chai!Kite32 (b) Admin-River14
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou-Wheel20” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#River#2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_River_Boat34 (b) Password.Nest32
- 33.🔐 “Toast@68” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “Lamp#18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell!shell!ship!78 (b) Tara@Rain@16
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “lake-dust-plum-36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Dust@42” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Lotus!Frog19 (b) dustmangobrick24
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Lamp.45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- 4
- 14
- others can guess it
- 9
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- 1
- tiger!shell!wheel!36
- weak
- risky
- Pearl_Lake_Kite87
- 18
- weak
- weak
- BrickPearlSand43
- 16
- ship@sand@rain@25
- 4
- Lamp#Corn#Hill62
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- PondRainCorn13
- weak
- emojis
- 4
- Neem!Chai!Kite32
- has a common word
- 15
- Leaf_River_Boat34
- shorter than 12
- weak
- bell!shell!ship!78
- 17
- 7
- shorter than 12
- Sand!Lotus!Frog19
- 14
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