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 “Pond_Neem_2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “ChaiShipNeem23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@Cloud@Leaf69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Pearl-21 (b) DustCornWheel72
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan!Brick!87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinecornfern11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Saanvi!Dust!23” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “SeedMoonKite22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “chaidustlake61” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera!Frog!41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Qwerty#Hill76” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔐 Is “Boat.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum-23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “PearlBrickMoon57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Wheel!Neem!2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “kitefrogseed21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is hard to type
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond.Moon.2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Mango_41” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldcornboatdust (b) GoldBrickCloud32
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password19 (b) VineDustShip17
- 23.🔐 Is “Bell#Shell#Tiger88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond_Drum_2009 (b) Cloud_Ship_Wheel50
- 25.🔐 “seedpondcornriver” 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
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand-Moon-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Welcome-Corn69” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Ship!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kiteriverlamp69 (b) Tiger-Lamp-Lotus20
- 31.🔐 Is “fernkitebelldust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern@Tent@Dust75 (b) Password#Toast32
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “admin80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Corn.Brick.2009” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Boat-River-Fern18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya.Ship.42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem!Brick!Mango60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 14
- strong
- 17
- DustCornWheel72
- 14
- 2
- has a name or year
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 13
- has a common word
- weak
- 7
- strong
- has a name or year
- 14
- others can guess it
- risky
- 4
- shorter than 12
- GoldBrickCloud32
- VineDustShip17
- strong
- Cloud_Ship_Wheel50
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 14
- has a common word
- 15
- Tiger-Lamp-Lotus20
- weak
- 3
- 12
- Fern@Tent@Dust75
- 9
- 7
- has a name or year
- strong
- 4
- 4
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