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 “Admin!Brick76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “kitemooncorn55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Moon_Hill61 (b) Neem_Lamp_2009
- 5.🔐 “drumshiplamp49” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Tent-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “rivervinelotus17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan!Lotus!68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “Lotus!Fern!Plum76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain@River@Lotus53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Mango-Moon-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha_Rain_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 15.🔐 Is “Fern@Gold@2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 “Toast.Wheel.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedlotuscloud49 (b) plum@chai@boat@42
- 19.🔐 Is “Cloud#Drum#Lotus10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine_Shell_2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein85 (b) Pond-Drum-Lamp88
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat.47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Plum@2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Corn.Plum.Pond62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “Sand.Gold.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “rainshellplumseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “ChaiRiverHill86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandlakemoondrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 30.🔐 Is “Wolf.Sand.2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Neem.57” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “fern.seed.chai.89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “kitemangocloud67” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlWolfBoat31 (b) Aarav@Plum@72
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumLotusMoon19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya#Plum#81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Meera.Lamp.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Vihaan.Wolf.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 13
- weak
- 12
- Nest_Moon_Hill61
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- weak
- 4
- strong
- 18
- weak
- 13
- risky
- others can guess it
- weak
- has a name or year
- 2
- plum@chai@boat@42
- strong
- 15
- Pond-Drum-Lamp88
- 4
- 15
- strong
- weak
- 17
- strong
- 1
- 3
- weak
- 9
- shorter than 12
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- PearlWolfBoat31
- 15
- emojis
- 14
- weak
- weak
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