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.🔐 “Diya.Gold.51” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “cloud#rain#wolf#13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “GoldTigerCorn69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl.tiger.wolf.77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “lakelampkitepond” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelrainleaf23 (b) boat.pearl.ship.23
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger@wheel@toast@54 (b) River!Nest!2015
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger@Drum@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “shipmoonfrogcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 10.🔐 Is “seed@shell@moon@40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_Lamp_Brick15 (b) Neem#65
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Ship50 (b) Bell.Wheel.Vine63
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai@Seed@2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “FernKiteLotus28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Pond80 (b) ship-corn-kite-21
- 18.🔐 Is “nestkiteseedtiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 “Rohan!Bell!25” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake.Sand.Toast10 (b) Ananya.Boat.82
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password46 (b) seed-mango-cloud-54
- 22.🔐 Is “leafmoonplumlamp” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River_14 (b) Drum!River!Sand55
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#River80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Brick.Tent87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shelllakeseeddust (b) Frog_Cloud_Toast58
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerDustCloud63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick!seed!river!72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “pond!fern!ship!89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Aarav2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “wheelmangopond34” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “shell-brick-drum-89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest-15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!river!wolf!32 (b) vinedrumpondsand
- 36.🔐 “Admin.Hill35” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@Gold@2014 (b) Tiger!Bell!Pearl47
- 38.🔐 Is “Nisha.Pearl.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud_lamp_brick_18 (b) bricksandrain22
- 40.🔐 “Vihaan@Rain@28” 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
Answer key
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- 19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- boat.pearl.ship.23
- tiger@wheel@toast@54
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Gold_Lamp_Brick15
- Bell.Wheel.Vine63
- 4
- 15
- 3
- 12
- ship-corn-kite-21
- weak
- has a name or year
- Lake.Sand.Toast10
- seed-mango-cloud-54
- weak
- Drum!River!Sand55
- 15
- 4
- Frog_Cloud_Toast58
- 16
- 3
- 17
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- others can guess it
- 7
- lamp!river!wolf!32
- has a common word
- Tiger!Bell!Pearl47
- weak
- cloud_lamp_brick_18
- has a name or year
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