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 “Vihaan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangoleaflotus39 (b) HillGoldRiver15
- 4.🔐 Is “PondPearlToast10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Wheel_Tent_River44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “seed!wolf!dust!37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinemangotoastriver (b) rain.seed.plum.58
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumBellTent54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigerbellcloudfrog (b) pond-river-shell-16
- 10.🔐 Is “pearl@vine@kite@21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Chai@87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!River!Seed32 (b) Qwerty-Plum21
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan-Tiger-31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick#Lamp#Shell31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Tiger!Dust35 (b) nestboatcloud68
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 18.🔐 Is “Dust!Chai!Tiger40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “chaidrumtentsand” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “River!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Mango74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Kite#Fern#Chai75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 “Welcome.Boat45” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “NeemDrumToast21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 “Cloud@29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔐 “Iloveyou-Kite30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cornraindusttent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Cloud!Wolf18 (b) Toast@Tent@2018
- 29.🔐 Is “Cloud!River!Frog79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “MangoShipLake85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Wolf_Vine_Pearl11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “dustwolfpondfern”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Shell.11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “froglampwheeltiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelgoldpearl55 (b) FernLeafDust47
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoVineCloud23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Tent.River.Wheel46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 “Password_Fern47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 40.🔐 “Ananya#Hill#25” 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
Answer key
- weak
- emojis
- HillGoldRiver15
- strong
- strong
- 17
- rain.seed.plum.58
- 3
- pond-river-shell-16
- strong
- 2
- 4
- Kite!River!Seed32
- 14
- 18
- River!Tiger!Dust35
- 3
- strong
- weak
- weak
- 4
- strong
- has a common word
- strong
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- 1
- Corn!Cloud!Wolf18
- strong
- strong
- strong
- 16
- weak
- 3
- weak
- FernLeafDust47
- 16
- strong
- has a common word
- has a name or year
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