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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!Tent!Mango11 (b) letmein71
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome57 (b) Nest_Mango_Fern87
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 4.🔐 “Admin@Fern28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Tiger.78 (b) Pearl!Brick!Lotus61
- 6.🔐 Is “PearlKiteBell35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “lotusneemtentbell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Brick81 (b) shell-bell-rain-70
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-leaf-seed-23 (b) seedgoldlamppond
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerRainShip23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_48 (b) RainNeemBrick70
- 13.🔐 “kitepondnest28” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandMoonDust74 (b) cloudsandhill70
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Dust@Pond79 (b) Aarav.Moon.18
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaifernriver27 (b) moon-pond-dust-24
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampDustVine22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship!Wolf!2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum_rain_plum_15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Seed#71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “goldlotushillmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp-wheel-dust-81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Vihaan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Bell#2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Nisha-Rain-20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan!Rain!69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemBellTiger86 (b) Rohan2010
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 34.🔐 Is “Dust#Cloud#Lake69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frog#brick#shell#30 (b) pondmoonrainseed
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “frog#gold#cloud#75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “kitedrumhilllotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Rohan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “qwerty83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Ship.Wheel.Leaf31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- Toast!Tent!Mango11
- Nest_Mango_Fern87
- 3
- has a common word
- Pearl!Brick!Lotus61
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shell-bell-rain-70
- hill-leaf-seed-23
- emojis
- 15
- RainNeemBrick70
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SandMoonDust74
- River@Dust@Pond79
- moon-pond-dust-24
- 12
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 12
- weak
- 3
- weak
- 8
- 15
- weak
- 4
- 3
- NeemBellTiger86
- risky
- strong
- frog#brick#shell#30
- 18
- 17
- weak
- weak
- strong
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