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.🔐 Is “Pond!Shell!Lake25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Moon!2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernTigerNeem38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “lamplakepond29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel@dust@sand@11 (b) Meera_Hill_10
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FrogMoonLamp15 (b) Nisha#Corn#77
- 7.🔐 Is “NeemMangoLeaf72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2009 (b) MoonHillKite18
- 9.🔐 “bellgoldboatriver” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedplumdrum52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 12.🔐 Is “Wheel.Pearl.2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 14.🔐 “Admin-Boat19” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Diya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel-lamp-drum-34 (b) Admin!Lotus43
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornpondraintiger (b) Leaf_Lake_Tiger16
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!moon!neem!77 (b) rainshipdrummango
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “Letmein.Boat14” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentLampBoat58 (b) admin60
- 23.🔐 Is “CloudCornPearl65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “Boat_25” 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
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampbricktoastrain (b) Lotus-Fern-Nest11
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Boat@2016 (b) lake-wolf-boat-27
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan!Brick!54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan-Pearl-41 (b) shell_cloud_tent_24
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Lotus41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Neem-Tiger89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandWheelShip61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Shell-20” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kiteshelldrum54 (b) fern!brick!sand!65
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell.28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “lotusriverplum35” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel_Sand_Boat84 (b) Plum@13
- 38.🔐 Is “Moon@Plum@Nest12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “lotus#nest#hill#67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernpondwolf32 (b) BoatPlumGold14
Answer key
- strong
- 14
- 3
- weak
- wheel@dust@sand@11
- FrogMoonLamp15
- strong
- MoonHillKite18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- emojis
- weak
- 12
- has a common word
- weak
- wheel-lamp-drum-34
- 3
- Leaf_Lake_Tiger16
- chai!moon!neem!77
- 7
- has a common word
- TentLampBoat58
- strong
- shorter than 12
- Lotus-Fern-Nest11
- lake-wolf-boat-27
- 15
- risky
- shell_cloud_tent_24
- 4
- 4
- 3
- shorter than 12
- fern!brick!sand!65
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Wheel_Sand_Boat84
- strong
- strong
- BoatPlumGold14
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