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.🔐 Is “pond@mango@lamp@78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@drum@cloud@25 (b) Password@Frog63
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!Drum!Rain17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern#75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Arjun2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “KiteSandDust15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.Tiger.Moon52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Vihaan-Drum-46” 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
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 11.🔐 “boatcloudcornkite” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelshellsand31 (b) Toast.Pearl.Gold25
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2011 (b) ShellShipRiver22
- 14.🔐 “lotusrainwheelfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 15.🔐 Is “lamp!brick!neem!70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “leaftentvineseed” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon.Wolf.Seed22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “hill-moon-wheel-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 “Qwerty_Wheel39” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!Frog!Nest68 (b) Letmein#Pearl88
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 22.🔐 Is “Ishaan.Kite.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Rain@2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastdrumsandpond (b) MoonHillShell18
- 25.🔐 “Drum_89” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedNestPearl88 (b) password83
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “password14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudMoonShip17 (b) Gold!71
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “bellmoonwolfkite” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverfernlake28 (b) KiteDustBell53
- 32.🔐 “toastwolfvine86” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverKiteRain43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tiger-neem-leaf-45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “tentnestshell18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Welcome_Mango83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverTigerGold75 (b) Hill-81
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Neem.2015 (b) ShellFernPlum55
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern!Tent!Brick12 (b) qwerty23
Answer key
- strong
- rain@drum@cloud@25
- risky
- 16
- 4
- weak
- strong
- 17
- has a name or year
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Toast.Pearl.Gold25
- ShellShipRiver22
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- strong
- has a common word
- Bell!Frog!Nest68
- 3
- weak
- 15
- MoonHillShell18
- shorter than 12
- SeedNestPearl88
- 10
- CloudMoonShip17
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- KiteDustBell53
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 3
- weak
- has a common word
- 9
- RiverTigerGold75
- ShellFernPlum55
- Fern!Tent!Brick12
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