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 “lotus-rain-dust-22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Dust-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “lotusneemdust55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum!Tent!Vine69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumLotusFern31 (b) Moon@Lake@2011
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold-Wheel-2008 (b) TentMoonBrick72
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestgoldboat55 (b) Corn#Pearl#Neem45
- 10.🔐 Is “Mango_Pond_Tiger79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestchaifernrain (b) shell!corn!pond!73
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “admin54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@Toast@Rain31 (b) Plum-50
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 18.🔐 “toasthillwheelship” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill#Leaf#Tiger22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 21.🔐 Is “qwerty72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera_Dust_13 (b) Hill-Sand-Seed56
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain-wolf-seed-22 (b) fernshellkiteseed
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-Bell-Mango89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Letmein.Lamp11” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuspondriverdust (b) ShellRainPearl77
- 29.🔐 “Lotus@Leaf@2009” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “plum-lamp-neem-75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2016 (b) VineShipPond33
- 34.🔐 “Leaf.63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “kiteseedhill69” 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
- 37.🔐 “Chai_Kite_2012” 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
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell-Lotus-2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- 9
- weak
- weak
- 2
- 16
- DrumLotusFern31
- TentMoonBrick72
- Corn#Pearl#Neem45
- strong
- emojis
- shell!corn!pond!73
- 3
- 7
- Frog@Toast@Rain31
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- others can guess it
- weak
- Hill-Sand-Seed56
- rain-wolf-seed-22
- 3
- 2
- 4
- has a common word
- ShellRainPearl77
- has a name or year
- strong
- 12
- 8
- VineShipPond33
- shorter than 12
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- risky
- 16
- 9
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