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.🔐 Is “Leaf_77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “Cloud!Rain!Plum36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “vinecornbellriver”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “lampchaitigerfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “Ananya.Hill.77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “LampLotusTiger40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Fern_Nest14 (b) Shell#42
- 8.🔐 Is “Admin_Frog37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Wheel83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tigershellcornlotus (b) lotus.plum.drum.66
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemHillRiver20 (b) mangowheelrainhill
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed!frog!gold!41 (b) Diya2011
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “brick!pearl!shell!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “neemplumriverpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Is “ShellTigerChai83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “wheel.cloud.frog.71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “pearlseednest62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “shellbrickkite16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 “moonriverrain18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 “Dust!Bell!2017” 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
- 23.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir@Kite@42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “brickchailampneem” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem#lake#pond#30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango!Shell!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “lotus-corn-plum-46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornDustMango27 (b) admin23
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Fern44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Nisha#Frog#66” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango_Hill_Boat46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein-Rain13 (b) DrumSandLake67
- 35.🔐 “shellhillkite38” 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
- 36.🔐 “Neem!Mango!2017” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Diya2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudseedpond83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum!chai!lake!17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Bell!21” 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
Answer key
- weak
- strong
- 17
- weak
- weak
- strong
- Neem_Fern_Nest14
- weak
- 4
- lotus.plum.drum.66
- NeemHillRiver20
- seed!frog!gold!41
- 20
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- 4
- strong
- CornDustMango27
- 14
- has a name or year
- 17
- DrumSandLake67
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- 3
- shorter than 12
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