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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake.19 (b) Tent.Brick.Leaf49
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome.Toast56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “shellvinecloudgold” 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
- 4.🔐 “Kabir.Wheel.79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “Neem.Mango.Wheel77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoLampShell50 (b) Moon#76
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandBrickBoat23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelToastMango29 (b) Kabir2017
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “river!pond!sand!59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Leaf.15” 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
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumCloudPearl88 (b) lampneemmoonpearl
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “pondtenttigerriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “lotusboatsand47” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “WheelChaiBrick50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Kabir2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Hill_50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud#Lotus#Neem84 (b) Ananya2017
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickBellBoat54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Qwerty!Corn25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#Cloud#Tiger77 (b) Iloveyou_Drum80
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river!corn!lake!48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill!35 (b) ShellTigerCorn86
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 26.🔐 Is “Hill!Tiger!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “Bell!67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Boat43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#Pond#Brick10 (b) Saanvi@Sand@19
- 31.🔐 “Aarav.Gold.15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest@Moon@Neem23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “dustwolfchaiplum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakehilldrumfrog (b) Lotus-Seed-Cloud53
- 35.🔐 Is “Frog_58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan-Neem-44 (b) Lamp.Dust.Seed51
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera-Fern-39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellshipsanddust (b) Kite#Pond#Rain51
- 39.🔐 Is “gold@vine@tiger@23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus_tent_hill_67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Tent.Brick.Leaf49
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 7
- strong
- MangoLampShell50
- 3
- WheelToastMango29
- 18
- shorter than 12
- DrumCloudPearl88
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- 4
- Cloud#Lotus#Neem84
- 9
- 15
- weak
- Toast#Cloud#Tiger77
- 3
- ShellTigerCorn86
- 3
- weak
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- 13
- Ship#Pond#Brick10
- has a name or year
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lotus-Seed-Cloud53
- weak
- Lamp.Dust.Seed51
- 4
- Kite#Pond#Rain51
- strong
- 18
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