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.🔐 “Ship#Seed#2015” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_32 (b) Rain#Vine#Seed38
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud!Gold!2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “River!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiLampWolf76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 7.🔐 “Gold.27” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.Leaf.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Chai@Wheel19 (b) rivermangohill28
- 10.🔐 “Rain-43” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome80 (b) Rain!Pearl!Pond29
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust#88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent#Corn#Shell85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Welcome-River22” 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
- 15.🔐 “Mango#Tent#2013” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Bell_Pond61 (b) tigersandriver38
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernWheelTiger72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Rain-81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Admin.Tiger46” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tenthillpondlake (b) ChaiSeedSand55
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel.toast.pearl.61 (b) Tara2017
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus-Lake-2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Vine.47” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “cornriverboat10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin-Toast51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “tigerplumcorn80” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “KiteRainWolf15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Admin@Tiger78” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud#seed#lamp#74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Sand.11” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “wheelbellkite33” 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.🔐 Is “Vihaan!Chai!13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “Kite@84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Is “Ship#51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “LampFrogLotus43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- Rain#Vine#Seed38
- 15
- 8
- 14
- 12
- shorter than 12
- 4
- Moon@Chai@Wheel19
- shorter than 12
- Rain!Pearl!Pond29
- 4
- 17
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- Corn_Bell_Pond61
- 3
- 4
- has a common word
- 4
- ChaiSeedSand55
- wheel.toast.pearl.61
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 15
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 10
- 2
- has a common word
- 18
- shorter than 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- weak
- strong
- 2
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