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) Wheel-57 (b) ShellToastNeem36
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud.44”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin-Chai52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “shellcornlotus76” 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
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 6.🔐 “Kite!63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemLakePond83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Tent-58 (b) LakeFernLamp39
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Dust.73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Bell!22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav.Leaf.11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat_Wolf_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “toast_cloud_gold_35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Password!Shell11” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernwolfsand80 (b) Corn_Boat_Lotus65
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@Sand@Mango67 (b) ferntentfrogplum
- 17.🔐 “wolfshipplum44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “toastshellpondbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Sand#37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Shell.Pearl.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “letmein87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!lotus!hill!77 (b) letmein38
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite.11 (b) Tiger!Gold!Wheel67
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Seed#89 (b) tiger!lamp!neem!33
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 29.🔐 “Aarav#Corn#89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “lake@vine@brick@12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 “Fern.27” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.shell.hill.82 (b) Kabir2018
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha#Tiger#30 (b) cloud.pond.pearl.64
- 34.🔐 “drumcorncloudriver” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_sand_plum_11 (b) Welcome.Drum55
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome42 (b) Vine.Shell.Seed33
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “ship.toast.corn.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelshellriversand (b) Pond-Mango-Chai40
Answer key
- ShellToastNeem36
- 8
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 3
- LakeFernLamp39
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 19
- has a common word
- Corn_Boat_Lotus65
- Corn@Sand@Mango67
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- weak
- weak
- 8
- weak
- 9
- 3
- river!lotus!hill!77
- Tiger!Gold!Wheel67
- tiger!lamp!neem!33
- risky
- has a name or year
- 18
- shorter than 12
- plum.shell.hill.82
- cloud.pond.pearl.64
- fewer than 3 kinds
- bell_sand_plum_11
- Vine.Shell.Seed33
- 18
- 12
- 8
- Pond-Mango-Chai40
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