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.🔐 “Sand_63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 2.🔐 Is “frogplummangobell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell-Wolf-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellboatdust45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!River68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Nest46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampbellcorn82 (b) TentPearlWolf89
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 10.🔐 Is “Cloud@Kite@2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “boatcornshell71” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “vine-drum-corn-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “hilltoastmangolake” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Cloud-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Is “plumlotusnest47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.Vine.2008 (b) Lotus!Wolf!Kite16
- 19.🔐 “frogkitepearl82” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 20.🔐 Is “Neem.Tiger.Pearl84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 “tigerleafcloudbrick” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Pond!Tent!Tiger32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Tiger-Ship27 (b) qwerty30
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#Chai#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_neem_pearl_43 (b) Vihaan2012
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bricksandmango59 (b) Toast#Gold#Drum66
- 27.🔐 “Iloveyou-Tiger70” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Neem!18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfRiverCloud39 (b) Toast@17
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 32.🔐 Is “cloudcornriverbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty#Shell18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “Saanvi2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudMoonGold62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Is “Admin@Ship16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “DustLakeLamp60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome@Nest46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Tent!42” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav-Dust-75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 14
- 2
- 16
- 4
- 10
- TentPearlWolf89
- emojis
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- 12
- Lotus!Wolf!Kite16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- Cloud-Tiger-Ship27
- 4
- lamp_neem_pearl_43
- Toast#Gold#Drum66
- has a common word
- 10
- weak
- WolfRiverCloud39
- 3
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 15
- weak
- 14
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 13
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