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 “tigershipcorn76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Boat-23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Vihaan#Pond#13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 Is “Hill-86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Is “boat#cloud#tiger#71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine-cloud-ship-68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “qwerty70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Leaf!12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Corn.86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerwheelseeddust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Lamp#Gold#2009” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “tigermangolake30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheeltoastlakenest (b) ShellDrumLotus19
- 15.🔐 Is “rainwolfvine61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickPlumBoat38 (b) Frog#Sand#2014
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust.bell.cloud.37 (b) boatgolddustsand
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern_Kite_2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “boatbricktoastwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “VineTentPearl52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineDustCloud43 (b) kitedustcorn48
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangowheeltent63 (b) Fern_Pond_Kite33
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverCloudKite86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlGoldSeed22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheelrainvine77 (b) Moon@Boat@Chai19
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2016 (b) Brick_Gold_Sand26
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent@Vine@Rain39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “riverlotusgoldchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_rain_river_27 (b) Welcome!Brick17
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainSeedVine38 (b) welcome65
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtoastriver20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_River62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotusrivertent56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Hill_Neem_2012” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “lotuscloudlamp53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “Password-Sand32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Mango#20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 2
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- emojis
- 3
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 13
- 1
- has a name or year
- 16
- ShellDrumLotus19
- weak
- BrickPlumBoat38
- dust.bell.cloud.37
- 4
- weak
- strong
- VineDustCloud43
- Fern_Pond_Kite33
- 3
- 3
- 12
- Moon@Boat@Chai19
- Brick_Gold_Sand26
- 3
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pond_rain_river_27
- RainSeedVine38
- 2
- 4
- 2
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
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