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 “chaimangofernnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf.drum.chai.64 (b) admin79
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou#Hill54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “wolftenttigerdrum” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast!sand!rain!13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog_toast_wolf_18 (b) Aarav.Cloud.71
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamppondrainmoon (b) MoonNeemWolf13
- 8.🔐 “Password!Tiger84” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome29 (b) Gold.Nest.Vine34
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum#Mango#Sand30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “neemcornshellwheel” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tentnestwheel72 (b) neem.tent.lamp.66
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2009 (b) kite_boat_nest_23
- 15.🔐 Is “Ananya!Frog!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2012 (b) corn_nest_bell_34
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Hill63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Corn.2015 (b) Lotus-Hill-Wolf55
- 19.🔐 Is “RiverWolfSand73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Pond-Chai-2017” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Chai-Hill33 (b) Vihaan@Dust@20
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Kite!20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “rivermangopondlotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumDustLamp69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 26.🔐 “Lake#59” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast#Corn#Sand38 (b) Moon!65
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Vine@63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 31.🔐 “Bell#Vine#2018” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel!Plum!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Fern#Toast17 (b) Drum.Wolf.2010
- 34.🔐 Is “Seed!Plum!Cloud31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin@Tent43 (b) wolf!bell!shell!79
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BellRainCloud87 (b) seedleaftiger11
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondChaiDrum71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Bell#56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya-Boat-80 (b) DustLeafKite76
Answer key
- 17
- wolf.drum.chai.64
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- frog_toast_wolf_18
- MoonNeemWolf13
- has a common word
- Gold.Nest.Vine34
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- neem.tent.lamp.66
- kite_boat_nest_23
- weak
- corn_nest_bell_34
- 14
- Lotus-Hill-Wolf55
- strong
- has a name or year
- Moon-Chai-Hill33
- 14
- weak
- 14
- 12
- shorter than 12
- 7
- Toast#Corn#Sand38
- 4
- risky
- has a name or year
- 4
- Tent#Fern#Toast17
- strong
- wolf!bell!shell!79
- 9
- BellRainCloud87
- 3
- weak
- DustLeafKite76
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