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.🔐 “Mango.Vine.2012” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@81 (b) boat#cloud#wolf#66
- 3.🔐 Is “Lake-13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelbrickcloud44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogleafdrum70 (b) vine#chai#moon#17
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Kite@28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Fern_Tiger30 (b) Ishaan!Seed!37
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “seeddustlakecloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “bell.wheel.chai.79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Qwerty_Cloud28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_Fern_River73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Dust@16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Password!Kite16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “NeemRiverCloud87”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav_Rain_80 (b) frog!wheel!neem!76
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neemmangovine88 (b) LampKiteNeem52
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-drum-tent-70 (b) neempondhill68
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship.rain.chai.47 (b) Tent#Moon#2009
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara@Corn@11 (b) BrickLotusBoat27
- 20.🔐 Is “cloudlamprainpond” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Lamp.68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Qwerty-Plum24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “River@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 26.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Vine39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon#Shell#Mango22 (b) kiteshelllotusship
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “goldrainchaibrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust_Lotus_2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Lotus!2008 (b) TigerHillBoat68
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Vine@37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Kabir2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “lamp-kite-sand-29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dust#gold#moon#51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_sand_seed_40 (b) Pond#82
- 37.🔐 Is “hillmoonrivershell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf@Wolf@Pearl56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome!Frog82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
Answer key
- has a name or year
- boat#cloud#wolf#66
- weak
- 2
- vine#chai#moon#17
- 4
- Drum_Fern_Tiger30
- 17
- strong
- weak
- 18
- 12
- weak
- 16
- frog!wheel!neem!76
- LampKiteNeem52
- moon-drum-tent-70
- ship.rain.chai.47
- BrickLotusBoat27
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 2
- 8
- emojis
- weak
- Moon#Shell#Mango22
- 17
- 4
- weak
- TigerHillBoat68
- 4
- weak
- strong
- 3
- lamp_sand_seed_40
- weak
- 17
- 4
- risky
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