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 “ShellDustRain48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “bell!kite!drum!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome36 (b) sand-chai-neem-19
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Iloveyou-Frog22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 6.🔐 “Corn.23” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_wolf_pearl_73 (b) Sand.21
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 9.🔐 Is “pond!gold!leaf!24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “mango_lamp_lotus_19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell_vine_neem_14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Meera.Plum.45” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.31 (b) ship!cloud!wheel!67
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 16.🔐 “hillshellcloud26” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Bell!Lamp!Toast79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Brick-Rain16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipshellfernnest” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “bell.pearl.lotus.65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “Lotus@73” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “ship!lotus!hill!21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Mango#82” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein26 (b) Wolf!Toast!Pond78
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “tentgoldkite14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 31.🔐 “Nest.Bell.2009” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Cloud-Bell33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Lotus.Wolf.Tiger22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “admin39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty15 (b) Sand_Plum_Drum14
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Brick.Dust80 (b) frograinplummango
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “river#vine#nest#18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “lakechairivermoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Hill.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “Kabir_Chai_19” 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
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- sand-chai-neem-19
- 8
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- pond_wolf_pearl_73
- others can guess it
- strong
- 3
- 19
- 3
- has a name or year
- ship!cloud!wheel!67
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 8
- 17
- 8
- 1
- 10
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Wolf!Toast!Pond78
- 8
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- has a name or year
- 17
- strong
- 7
- Sand_Plum_Drum14
- Mango.Brick.Dust80
- 18
- weak
- 14
- has a name or year
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