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 “Neem.Toast.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Aarav2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “leafchaiwolf22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “password30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha.Chai.11 (b) MangoPlumShip52
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerlotusbrick18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Neem_River_Nest53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Fern_11” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Tiger!Boat70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Ship.Bell.Brick85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Is “Letmein!Vine27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “tentnestchai37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Password.River25” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “seedboatgold63” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusTigerPond77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “seed!wheel!dust!33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!42 (b) LampBoatWolf14
- 20.🔐 Is “welcome58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Mango-Wolf25 (b) Neem#Tiger#2015
- 22.🔐 Is “Moon!Bell!Vine13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “wolflakedustcorn” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship!Tiger!Lake37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Brick-2010 (b) Boat.Ship.Wolf46
- 28.🔐 Is “Welcome#Mango37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun!River!69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Wolf-Hill71 (b) Toast_57
- 34.🔐 Is “Vine@Moon@2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafBrickSand43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Toast.59” 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
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@mango@vine@13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password!Wolf88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 4
- weak
- 14
- 10
- MangoPlumShip52
- 3
- 17
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 17
- strong
- weak
- 14
- has a common word
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- 18
- LampBoatWolf14
- weak
- Wheel-Mango-Wolf25
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 4
- 9
- Boat.Ship.Wolf46
- weak
- 4
- 14
- 9
- 2
- Gold-Wolf-Hill71
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 9
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