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 “pondseedbell76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Sand#Seed#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “Toast-66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Pond-41 (b) leaf@lotus@shell@17
- 5.🔐 “Admin!Wolf24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔐 Is “Arjun!Gold!58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl-Mango-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “ShellDrumCorn71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl-dust-lake-35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “wolflakebelllotus” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Password#Mango56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-Lake-Mango23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl!lamp!neem!65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteSeedMoon77 (b) mangoshellfern44
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “WolfCornRain32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#Vine#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Qwerty_Seed12” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) belllampkite68 (b) LampCloudBoat63
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 24.🔐 Is “Ananya!Dust!52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “CornBellShell34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel_rain_tiger_56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “lotusnestbrick70” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “Gold@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl@tiger@nest@42 (b) Ship_29
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemfrogcorndrum (b) River-Seed-Hill64
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipchaiwheelbrick” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Lamp-Neem-2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_59 (b) Dust_Bell_River79
- 36.🔐 Is “Meera2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Meera#Wolf#26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 38.🔐 Is “MangoShellFern22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir@River@86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 2
- weak
- weak
- leaf@lotus@shell@17
- has a common word
- weak
- 16
- 2
- strong
- 2
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- KiteSeedMoon77
- 14
- 4
- has a common word
- LampCloudBoat63
- 12
- weak
- 15
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- pearl@tiger@nest@42
- River-Seed-Hill64
- 1
- 10
- weak
- 3
- Dust_Bell_River79
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
- 10
- 4
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