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) Tent#Frog#Moon74 (b) Ishaan2016
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 4.🔐 Is “Saanvi2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toasttigerneemwheel (b) moon@chai@sand@16
- 7.🔐 Is “Shell#Sand#2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemboatseed74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2008 (b) lamp#shell#toast#16
- 10.🔐 Is “Wheel@21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Fern_Leaf80 (b) Letmein_Ship66
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Plum.Toast71 (b) ponddustship76
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “kiteneemwheelbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Letmein#Toast48” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “Diya.River.39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Drum51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Hill!Chai!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Dust-37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust-Nest-Bell48 (b) kitedusttent71
- 24.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Brick74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake_Nest_Pond76 (b) Kabir2015
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.Lotus.Wheel31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Cloud@Tent@Toast83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “NestLampDust15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya_Moon_85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein65 (b) BellPondMoon32
- 34.🔐 “Frog-Fern-2018” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold@lamp@kite@77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “ShellKiteHill40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome_Chai37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “lakecornlamp39” 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
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Tent#Frog#Moon74
- 12
- risky
- weak
- emojis
- moon@chai@sand@16
- weak
- 2
- lamp#shell#toast#16
- weak
- Drum_Fern_Leaf80
- 7
- Lamp.Plum.Toast71
- 7
- weak
- 2
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 12
- 2
- Dust-Nest-Bell48
- weak
- 3
- 3
- Lake_Nest_Pond76
- 4
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 8
- BellPondMoon32
- has a name or year
- 3
- strong
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 9
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