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 characters are in “BrickLampToast80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusriversandbrick (b) HillMoonNeem86
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudLampRain71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain.bell.wheel.67 (b) frogplumbrick23
- 6.🔐 Is “LotusNestSeed19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuspearltentbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Hill#Brick#Drum35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “letmein60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “TentPondMoon81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Frog.72” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatSandTiger80 (b) Brick.19
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir#Toast#56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!Sand!Pond43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “Boat_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2008 (b) wheel.mango.rain.15
- 20.🔐 Is “Tara_Lake_70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Is “neemlampcloud88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_River_Boat48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “plummangohill45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Leaf-Chai40 (b) Aarav2014
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 29.🔐 “Admin!Moon57” 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
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudbelldrumgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornPondDust14 (b) Password@Neem84
- 32.🔐 Is “RiverDustPearl67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern.bell.neem.41 (b) Rain#Mango#2011
- 34.🔐 “cloudboatlotus31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp#neem#pond#15 (b) pearlsandleafkite
- 37.🔐 Is “password41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Lake@63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Vine26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “cornnestmoon77” 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
Answer key
- 16
- others can guess it
- HillMoonNeem86
- 3
- rain.bell.wheel.67
- strong
- 18
- strong
- weak
- 14
- shorter than 12
- BoatSandTiger80
- 14
- 2
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 7
- wheel.mango.rain.15
- weak
- weak
- 18
- 12
- 3
- 3
- 15
- Gold-Leaf-Chai40
- risky
- has a common word
- 17
- CornPondDust14
- strong
- fern.bell.neem.41
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- lamp#neem#pond#15
- weak
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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