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 “Dust-Wolf-2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond!Gold!Sand34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “vinepearllake84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldshipneem30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “admin58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Tent@Lotus@2016” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan-Gold-38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_River_Rain74 (b) dustvineboatfern
- 10.🔐 “lampboatseedlotus” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineShellWheel49 (b) Cloud@Seed@2012
- 12.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 13.🔐 Is “NeemGoldPlum46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Password!Pond79” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudGoldNeem60 (b) moontigerlotus68
- 16.🔐 Is “Letmein_Hill43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 18.🔐 Is “pearlwolfhillplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “Welcome@Leaf58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password_Plum84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi.Boat.84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “VineShipRain27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “River.63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha#Mango#76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Vine_17” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell_Chai_Hill20 (b) hillriverclouddust
- 27.🔐 “sandcloudchairiver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!Neem!Hill25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Seed#Lamp#2017” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Qwerty_Sand80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔐 Is “Lotus_Toast_Shell38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “Cloud.Lake.Pearl59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river#hill#pearl#66 (b) kitenestrain81
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou80 (b) tiger_lake_neem_31
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Dust@Rain89 (b) password69
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine#River#Wheel13 (b) Sand.30
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha@Lamp@64 (b) wolf-pond-drum-21
Answer key
- 14
- 10
- 16
- 15
- 2
- 7
- has a name or year
- 14
- Bell_River_Rain74
- fewer than 3 kinds
- VineShellWheel49
- 3
- strong
- has a common word
- CloudGoldNeem60
- weak
- 12
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 14
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Shell_Chai_Hill20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a name or year
- 2
- has a common word
- strong
- strong
- river#hill#pearl#66
- 3
- emojis
- tiger_lake_neem_31
- Sand@Dust@Rain89
- Vine#River#Wheel13
- wolf-pond-drum-21
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