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) Kabir@Seed@33 (b) gold#corn#ship#16
- 2.🔐 Is “Saanvi@Dust@52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “riverbellhillfrog”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.wheel.plum.33 (b) tentpondsand56
- 5.🔐 “sandboatseedhill” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampriverkitewheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2014 (b) ChaiRiverFern27
- 8.🔐 “Wheel!11” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum@lake@chai@63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bellshipleaftoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Wheel33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “Qwerty-Drum89” 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.🔐 Is “brickvinepond56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@Lamp@Hill52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 18.🔐 “Drum#72” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan_River_33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Leaf!Tiger42 (b) Cloud#24
- 21.🔐 “cloudlotuswolf51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan!Neem!64 (b) Corn-River-Drum83
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast@seed@plum@61 (b) cornhillbrick27
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Boat_Lamp43 (b) Neem!Shell!2017
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River!73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Letmein@Sand53” 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
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf.sand.pond.28 (b) Rohan2017
- 28.🔐 Is “admin76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 “Iloveyou_Tiger73” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “Kite@Frog@Boat51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango.Pond.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Tent!Drum37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick_57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Tara_Mango_31” 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
- 36.🔐 “wolfdustchai85” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed_boat_tent_66 (b) Frog!Plum!2008
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Lamp_28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 40.🔐 Is “chaidrummoon75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- gold#corn#ship#16
- weak
- 17
- seed.wheel.plum.33
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- ChaiRiverFern27
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- 4
- 12
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 14
- Plum!Leaf!Tiger42
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Corn-River-Drum83
- toast@seed@plum@61
- Mango_Boat_Lamp43
- 4
- has a common word
- wolf.sand.pond.28
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- 4
- emojis
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- seed_boat_tent_66
- 12
- 3
- weak
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