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 “Hill@Wheel@Tiger70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “toastshipwolfcorn” 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
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Wolf!23 (b) ChaiWolfSand70
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 6.🔐 “Meera#Hill#87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust@lotus@vine@43 (b) lampmangomoon29
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) risky (d) safe
- 9.🔐 Is “Tara!Lamp!74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “toastrainlake27” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.nest.bell.80 (b) lampkitebell89
- 14.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Ship11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusriverhill26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “Frog!36” 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
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafSeedDrum17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainmangofrogfern (b) leaf!bell!neem!71
- 20.🔐 Is “neemboatplumlotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed-toast-leaf-28 (b) seedwolfvinebrick
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password35 (b) brick.drum.fern.20
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipmangorivercloud (b) LakeRiverNeem27
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2013 (b) hill@ship@drum@13
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf!77 (b) GoldLeafFern81
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogVineLake36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “admin86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “neem-leaf-vine-65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickShellMango50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “tigerleafdustshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Dust-2010 (b) FernLeafFrog23
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernHillLotus57 (b) Password-Frog36
- 33.🔐 “River_Sand_2015” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatMangoTent61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Plum61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Diya_Moon_78” 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.🔐 Is “Vihaan!Tent!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Brick#2018 (b) ChaiLampNeem34
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest_Neem_Dust32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- ChaiWolfSand70
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- dust@lotus@vine@43
- risky
- weak
- 3
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- river.nest.bell.80
- weak
- 12
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 14
- leaf!bell!neem!71
- weak
- seed-toast-leaf-28
- brick.drum.fern.20
- LakeRiverNeem27
- hill@ship@drum@13
- GoldLeafFern81
- 3
- weak
- 17
- 17
- weak
- FernLeafFrog23
- FernHillLotus57
- has a name or year
- 15
- 15
- has a name or year
- weak
- ChaiLampNeem34
- 16
- 10
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