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) GoldDustChai88 (b) Letmein!Lake48
- 2.🔐 Is “ToastLampPearl83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “raintigercornfrog” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Moon_Hill80 (b) Aarav2008
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vineraincornnest (b) Cloud#Leaf#Drum43
- 6.🔐 “dustsandchaiseed” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Nest.Moon65 (b) Welcome-Kite55
- 8.🎂 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf#rain#corn#86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango.gold.chai.10 (b) wheelbellkite56
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp!River!Fern25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “moon-cloud-dust-46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Wolf#48” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya@River@39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Gold_46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Password-Corn78” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “LotusTentFrog48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Is “bellwolflampkite” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Shell50 (b) Hill!Boat!Mango24
- 20.🔐 “Ishaan.Nest.17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 22.🔐 Is “Sand@19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Lotus-Sand88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “dustcloudshelldrum” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemBoatKite39 (b) sandtentvinerain
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “moonhillcloud89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “Wheel.Neem.Nest46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainLakeFrog73 (b) lotuspearlnesttiger
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou48 (b) river_lotus_tiger_61
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “gold-chai-frog-25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainbellmoonvine (b) RainLampPond26
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedPlumMoon23 (b) Tent@27
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatdustkiterain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “LampTigerBell57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemLeafKite28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Chai@Kite@Vine14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Aarav2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “dustcornlamp37” 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
Answer key
- GoldDustChai88
- strong
- weak
- Brick_Moon_Hill80
- Cloud#Leaf#Drum43
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Cloud.Nest.Moon65
- others can guess it
- 3
- mango.gold.chai.10
- 4
- 18
- shorter than 12
- 15
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- weak
- Hill!Boat!Mango24
- has a name or year
- 12
- weak
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- NeemBoatKite39
- 15
- strong
- RainLakeFrog73
- river_lotus_tiger_61
- 3
- RainLampPond26
- 3
- SeedPlumMoon23
- 1
- 15
- 14
- strong
- 2
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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