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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara_Plum_79 (b) River_Kite_Dust56
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickTigerLeaf53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemseedwolfsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Lotus@River@2010” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ferndrumbell31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Seed-38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “plumlampneemlotus” 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 “BoatBellToast70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 12.🔐 Is “Welcome-Tiger16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#Shell#River76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!Neem!Kite76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2015 (b) Lake.Drum.Lamp86
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Plum-Cloud-2015” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “admin21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus_hill_river_76 (b) pearlwolfhillpond
- 21.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Bell46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Wolf71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemtigerlake81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “NeemPearlCorn66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “admin62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya@Lotus@36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🎂 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
- 28.🔐 “Cloud@25” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Sand11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedKiteCorn17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Gold!Shell!2009” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlbellbrick64 (b) Ship@Lamp@Corn85
- 33.🔐 Is “Rohan#Plum#60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “Plum_64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 “nestsandmangofern” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatFrogNeem57 (b) Pond!Cloud!2010
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlsandwheel33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “chailotusrainwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentWolfCloud84 (b) frogtentnestkite
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampFernNeem42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- River_Kite_Dust56
- emojis
- 3
- 1
- has a name or year
- 2
- weak
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 3
- weak
- 4
- 16
- Lake.Drum.Lamp86
- 3
- has a name or year
- 8
- 7
- lotus_hill_river_76
- weak
- 4
- 2
- strong
- 7
- 4
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 14
- has a name or year
- Ship@Lamp@Corn85
- weak
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BoatFrogNeem57
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- TentWolfCloud84
- 3
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