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 kinds of characters does “Arjun2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent!Moon!Wolf73 (b) lampwolfmango14
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldcloudfern16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 6.🔐 Is “tent-ship-gold-57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Corn#Mango45 (b) boatrainleaflamp
- 8.🔐 Is “leafmangotent26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus-pearl-wheel-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “BrickSandNeem23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand.moon.cloud.10 (b) Password.River22
- 12.🔐 Is “plumsandboatkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Lamp_Leaf86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “Arjun_Hill_66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Arjun2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “kite_hill_mango_31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Toast-Lake-Fern69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed@Fern@Neem37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Pond#Mango#Hill28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “Kite-Neem-Lotus14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “Letmein.Gold84” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Bell51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir#Kite#53 (b) SeedDrumPlum12
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-Plum-Leaf22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudlampseedmoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “corn-drum-river-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “sand!toast!lamp!37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed.48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipLakePearl30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog@Sand@Lotus13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “nestsandmoon77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverwheelgold63 (b) shell!sand!leaf!38
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “drum@pond@nest@56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Gold_20” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandWolfPlum24 (b) Saanvi_Fern_59
- 40.🔐 Is “Ship!Chai!Gold70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 3
- 2
- Tent!Moon!Wolf73
- 2
- others can guess it
- strong
- Wheel#Corn#Mango45
- weak
- 20
- strong
- sand.moon.cloud.10
- weak
- 4
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 18
- strong
- 12
- 16
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- 12
- SeedDrumPlum12
- 16
- risky
- 1
- strong
- strong
- 7
- 4
- 15
- 17
- 14
- shell!sand!leaf!38
- 17
- shorter than 12
- SandWolfPlum24
- strong
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