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 “Kabir2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand!bell!lotus!66 (b) rainriverseedwheel
- 3.🔐 “Cloud!60” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Boat13 (b) WolfRainChai55
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neembrickcornfern (b) Fern_Seed_Tent10
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 8.🔐 Is “Brick_Neem_Chai72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell-29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Pond52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Fern-Ship-2017” 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) SeedLampShell35 (b) Tara2010
- 13.🔐 Is “Ishaan@River@46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “Ananya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestbellmango37 (b) pond_chai_neem_34
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin39 (b) SeedCloudLeaf52
- 17.🔐 Is “FrogRainCloud56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “Hill!20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 19.🔐 Is “Vihaan_Tent_48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 “seedrainwolfcorn” 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
- 21.🔐 “Corn-27” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2013 (b) MangoFernWheel17
- 23.🔐 Is “Lake-Corn-Tiger14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2009 (b) DrumMoonFrog80
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Cloud36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “goldtoasttigerkite” 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
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya-Rain-84 (b) Lamp#Dust#Frog21
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein!Pearl57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “password42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Wheel.Bell.2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Cloud_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “tigernestbrick71” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 37.🔐 “Diya-Lake-30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “boat.lamp.dust.54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Tiger@Lake@Hill26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2013 (b) LampHillDrum53
Answer key
- weak
- sand!bell!lotus!66
- shorter than 12
- WolfRainChai55
- 3
- Fern_Seed_Tent10
- emojis
- strong
- 8
- weak
- has a name or year
- SeedLampShell35
- weak
- weak
- pond_chai_neem_34
- SeedCloudLeaf52
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- MangoFernWheel17
- strong
- 12
- 3
- DrumMoonFrog80
- 3
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lamp#Dust#Frog21
- 15
- 10
- has a name or year
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 17
- strong
- LampHillDrum53
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