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 “letmein10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick@Hill@Frog78 (b) Kabir@Moon@42
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) smart (d) risky
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “Vine-Gold-2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya!Rain!32 (b) Vine.Frog.Neem18
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Tent.Kite65 (b) qwerty26
- 9.🔐 “Tent-15” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast.Vine.Lake22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “froglakecloud86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) digits (d) symbols
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Cloud.Fern53 (b) shellrainnesthill
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Meera-Gold-11” 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
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2008 (b) toast-bell-lotus-27
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “shellcloudrainnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “tentwolfdrumneem”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlShellBoat88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “password36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “vine-tiger-gold-62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “hilllampwolf77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Lotus21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Boat85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Meera-Hill-70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan!Corn!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Aarav#Lake#53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipseedbrickbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine.20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 34.🔐 “dustcloudgold40” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai!River!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LampPlumFern51 (b) Password#Kite67
- 37.🔐 “Pearl.66” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship-plum-river-24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “wheellampcorn43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔐 Is “Lotus!61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 2
- 12
- Brick@Hill@Frog78
- risky
- 9
- has a name or year
- Vine.Frog.Neem18
- Hill.Tent.Kite65
- shorter than 12
- 4
- weak
- emojis
- 10
- 10
- Gold.Cloud.Fern53
- 3
- has a name or year
- toast-bell-lotus-27
- 9
- 18
- 16
- 3
- 10
- strong
- weak
- 14
- 15
- weak
- 14
- weak
- 1
- 4
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- LampPlumFern51
- shorter than 12
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
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