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 “neem-corn-river-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 3.🔐 Is “Wheel@Rain@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “password28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond-chai-dust-63 (b) Ishaan2012
- 6.🔐 “Vihaan!Cloud!21” 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
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Rain_85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password41 (b) tent@kite@fern@45
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 12.🔐 Is “Bell_Lamp_River41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill-shell-lamp-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Lamp72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) PearlHillRiver33
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!Seed!Corn10 (b) cloudlotusleafgold
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.59 (b) Cloud_Wolf_Corn79
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed#31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickLotusFrog83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Tent63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “welcome15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “boatshipsand50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumKiteFern51 (b) Aarav2015
- 26.🔐 “drumnestshellmango” 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 characters are in “Gold_Wheel_2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome27 (b) hill_boat_wolf_21
- 29.🔐 Is “toast@chai@nest@79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome65 (b) TentToastSeed45
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “chai@ship@pearl@33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “shipplumtent10” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Brick16 (b) chai#gold#shell#51
- 35.🔐 “shelltentwheelneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “lampwheelcloudshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi@Cloud@28 (b) mango_hill_plum_65
- 39.🔐 “Diya@Gold@54” 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
- 40.🔐 “Kabir@Drum@24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- 18
- emojis
- weak
- weak
- pond-chai-dust-63
- has a name or year
- 12
- 12
- 2
- tent@kite@fern@45
- risky
- strong
- 3
- 13
- PearlHillRiver33
- 3
- Nest!Seed!Corn10
- Cloud_Wolf_Corn79
- 7
- 2
- 16
- 4
- weak
- 14
- PlumKiteFern51
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- hill_boat_wolf_21
- strong
- 8
- TentToastSeed45
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- chai#gold#shell#51
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- 19
- mango_hill_plum_65
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
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