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 “Corn!Wheel!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shell@frog@lamp@64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “SandLampCloud21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Ananya!Ship!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ferntigerwolfmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum.Gold.Lamp27 (b) shellplumlake67
- 9.🔐 “Ishaan@Boat@18” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Wolf10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickChaiLeaf39 (b) Drum!Plum!2010
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel#35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “drumpondboat12” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “dust#nest#wolf#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Meera2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha@Lotus@14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou52 (b) Fern-Corn-Lake32
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Hill11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.56 (b) pearl!gold!chai!42
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Toast#2017 (b) Mango#Gold#Brick57
- 24.🔐 “Wheel#77” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “BellTigerBoat25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “Diya-Kite-47” 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.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “lakesandtoastfrog” 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
- 30.🔐 “tentvinechai14” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Chai@26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “HillLeafTent59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “vinedrumseed33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 34.🔐 “Vine@34” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 “Iloveyou@Pond23” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Cloud!Pearl!2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp.Lotus.2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Lake#50” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “lake.gold.sand.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Leaf#2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 4
- 12
- 3
- strong
- 3
- weak
- 1
- Drum.Gold.Lamp27
- has a name or year
- 4
- BrickChaiLeaf39
- 4
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- 14
- others can guess it
- 8
- Fern-Corn-Lake32
- 14
- pearl!gold!chai!42
- Mango#Gold#Brick57
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- weak
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 15
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