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.🔐 Is “shipboatdrumlake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 “wolflakeraintoast” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 3.🔐 “Letmein_Wolf77” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastWheelNest52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “hilllotusbrick20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rivervinelotustent (b) BoatToastBell82
- 7.🔐 “Lotus.Dust.2010” 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
- 8.🔐 “bricksandlotus69” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum.36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafhilldrumwolf (b) bell@river@kite@72
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun!Frog!54 (b) DrumFrogKite40
- 12.🔐 “toastfrogdust88” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Frog-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “frog.moon.plum.57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 18.🔐 Is “Tara2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “brick!dust!fern!40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf-11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “FernWheelBell19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “Pond.Neem.Fern40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) risky (d) required
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_Chai_Mango59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Qwerty@Sand59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast!river!mango!62 (b) Rohan2010
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Chai.Leaf24 (b) fernrivertiger19
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf!Nest!2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Password.Neem11” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Mango68 (b) Toast_Sand_Neem13
- 33.🔐 “Password.Ship89” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-wheel-pearl-27 (b) leafdrumchailamp
- 35.🔐 “Meera!Corn!76” 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
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteHillGold54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum@Mango@Boat84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Password_Seed28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldsandmango50 (b) Kite@Nest@Drum26
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan#Tent#28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 16
- 16
- BoatToastBell82
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- bell@river@kite@72
- DrumFrogKite40
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 17
- 4
- 9
- 12
- weak
- 18
- 4
- strong
- strong
- 8
- risky
- 4
- has a common word
- toast!river!mango!62
- Lotus.Chai.Leaf24
- 14
- has a common word
- 3
- Toast_Sand_Neem13
- has a common word
- moon-wheel-pearl-27
- has a name or year
- 3
- 17
- weak
- Kite@Nest@Drum26
- 14
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