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) sand!leaf!wolf!24 (b) letmein57
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “cornvineplum41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite@brick@plum@34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “chaishellneemhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Dust-45” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampbellplum81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Fern#79” 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
- 8.🔐 “Iloveyou_Sand27” 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
- 9.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentseedrivership” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Sand-Moon-2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast-11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Ananya.Lake.49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “ShipKiteTent79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Nisha!Neem!42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Vine-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “gold!tent!dust!34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastBrickSeed63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai_Neem_Sand11 (b) Toast@Kite@2018
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent@shell@lamp@12 (b) welcome71
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome12 (b) Lamp.Boat.Wheel16
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotusgoldboat75 (b) Kite@Frog@Leaf66
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheel.toast.frog.56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 “Letmein-Frog17” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein_Seed41 (b) TentWolfShell34
- 26.🔐 Is “neem.boat.leaf.83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainfernplumwolf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlwheelsandhill” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “Moon.Toast.Cloud81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “drumneemkite63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “tiger-corn-lake-74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Tiger78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “Nest@Wheel@2017” 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
- 35.🔐 “Mango.45” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#gold#hill#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan@Nest@35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldNestPond89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Nisha@Pearl@60” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “letmein30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- sand!leaf!wolf!24
- 14
- 3
- 17
- shorter than 12
- 2
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- emojis
- 1
- weak
- 4
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 12
- strong
- 16
- Chai_Neem_Sand11
- tent@shell@lamp@12
- Lamp.Boat.Wheel16
- Kite@Frog@Leaf66
- 3
- has a common word
- TentWolfShell34
- strong
- 1
- 1
- strong
- risky
- 14
- 18
- 4
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 18
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
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