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.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 2.🔐 Is “vineshellfern64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty-Leaf56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Iloveyou.Sand19” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “plumtigerneemrain”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Wolf_Lake_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera@Shell@87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Shell70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty52 (b) corn.mango.tiger.67
- 10.🔐 Is “goldcloudriver68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!Tiger!Mango30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “BoatSandShell36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl.neem.plum.54 (b) Letmein#Chai14
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat_Leaf_2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Vine63 (b) DrumCloudTiger48
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernTentPond35 (b) Welcome.Seed24
- 18.🔐 “Letmein@Ship56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell!Rain!Toast38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampLotusPond60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “plumcornpond69” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@wolf@mango@40” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Nisha2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Boat_39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “toastfrogship13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “password32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Diya-Cloud-47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai#lamp#lotus#53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Password_River72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Neem_52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Neem#Leaf#2014” 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
- 33.🔐 “Drum.46” 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
- 34.🔐 Is “RainBellSeed24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Mango!46” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern_tiger_pond_17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipnestplum47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedcloudwheel11 (b) mango.rain.lotus.44
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Vine!82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “brick_vine_wolf_18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 12
- weak
- 4
- has a common word
- 17
- weak
- 4
- 16
- corn.mango.tiger.67
- weak
- 4
- strong
- pearl.neem.plum.54
- 14
- emojis
- DrumCloudTiger48
- FernTentPond35
- has a common word
- 18
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- 2
- 4
- 15
- weak
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 14
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 2
- mango.rain.lotus.44
- 14
- strong
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