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 “Dust.Pond.Mango68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlraintentvine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “plumrivernest68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand#Mango#2013 (b) FrogRiverSeed35
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Neem#28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “admin59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “DustFernSeed49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain.Hill.Nest20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineNeemWolf80 (b) password51
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheeltentlakechai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “mangoshipshell70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔐 Is “hill!kite!wolf!35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “nestshelltiger28” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Boat.Pond.Seed54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “ship-frog-hill-38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlplumcornrain (b) NeemWolfMango87
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2010 (b) Lotus@Nest@Fern75
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick-Nest-Lamp48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Lotus33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Kabir2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumnestfernkite (b) CloudDrumLeaf44
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome65 (b) River_Pond_Toast32
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.River.Lotus45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya-Brick-88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “corn!pond!lake!83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudFernKite76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Neem_42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 “Welcome.Pearl77” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 32.🔐 Is “Pearl!Tent!Moon70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!22 (b) chai_brick_cloud_18
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “bell!boat!tiger!51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “nesttoastseedchai” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@Lotus@Shell27 (b) Wolf-Brick-2008
- 39.🔐 Is “rivercornvinebell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “kitecornplum87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- emojis
- 1
- 15
- FrogRiverSeed35
- 4
- 7
- strong
- 4
- 3
- VineNeemWolf80
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- strong
- NeemWolfMango87
- Lotus@Nest@Fern75
- 17
- 16
- weak
- CloudDrumLeaf44
- River_Pond_Toast32
- 18
- 15
- strong
- 3
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- strong
- chai_brick_cloud_18
- risky
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- Wolf@Lotus@Shell27
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
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