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 “letmein52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellChaiLamp69 (b) Arjun_Corn_22
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteseedshell44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “dustriverseed79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “corn.gold.tent.82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusBellPond17 (b) Hill.Wheel.2016
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship#bell#tent#59 (b) Password#Sand27
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Brick_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-plum-dust-54 (b) Brick.89
- 13.🔐 Is “pond@drum@pearl@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum.Pearl.Vine19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent#lake#cloud#58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent-Corn-Nest32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Nisha!Tiger!44” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kite@neem@gold@57 (b) Admin.Neem64
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite-49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Nisha@Bell@66” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl#21 (b) Bell-Sand-Plum83
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 24.🔐 Is “Rohan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum-frog-neem-56 (b) Fern.23
- 26.🔐 Is “frog@cloud@gold@22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shellcorntoast32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellWheelRiver48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Fern!2017 (b) rain@moon@fern@15
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Lotus79 (b) Dust.Kite.Lamp24
- 32.🔐 Is “WolfBoatTiger72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein13 (b) frog-chai-sand-19
- 34.🔐 Is “dustseeddrum84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Diya2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud_Rain_2016 (b) fern@lake@hill@16
- 37.🔐 “rainriverbrick60” 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
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 40.🔐 Is “dust!plum!lamp!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 2
- BellChaiLamp69
- 2
- 15
- strong
- 12
- LotusBellPond17
- 8
- ship#bell#tent#59
- 2
- 15
- brick-plum-dust-54
- strong
- 17
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- kite@neem@gold@57
- 7
- 3
- has a name or year
- Bell-Sand-Plum83
- risky
- weak
- plum-frog-neem-56
- strong
- 2
- 3
- rain@moon@fern@15
- 3
- Dust.Kite.Lamp24
- strong
- frog-chai-sand-19
- weak
- weak
- fern@lake@hill@16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 3
- strong
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