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.🔐 “Aarav-Fern-66” 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
- 2.🔐 “lampcloudcorn43” 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
- 3.🔐 Is “boatpondlotus22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “kitedrummoonseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River#Seed#Bell37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogboatlampcloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “Fern@Shell@2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shellrivercloud60 (b) MoonHillBrick53
- 9.🔐 Is “Rohan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Ananya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn_Wheel_Moon64 (b) wheeldrumfrog20
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty49 (b) chai!nest!hill!23
- 13.🔐 Is “Cloud#River#Wheel68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Is “PondLampNest31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan@Gold@83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Welcome-Chai36” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.Leaf.Vine55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “gold.lake.lotus.62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainLotusHill14 (b) Vihaan2014
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand!Tiger!Toast39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty#Lamp73 (b) FernMangoChai11
- 22.🔐 Is “Rain-Ship-2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 24.🔐 Is “Rohan-Mango-33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand#60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “corn#ship#frog#75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed#Toast#2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldFrogNeem21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Is “nestplumfern22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf.plum.fern.36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 “Saanvi@Moon@32” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus#cloud#kite#88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 35.🔐 Is “PearlLotusShell79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Admin.Tiger69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem@hill@frog@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandpearltentcorn (b) lamp#brick#leaf#10
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chainestsand38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 1
- weak
- MoonHillBrick53
- weak
- weak
- Corn_Wheel_Moon64
- chai!nest!hill!23
- strong
- strong
- 14
- has a common word
- 17
- strong
- RainLotusHill14
- 18
- FernMangoChai11
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- 7
- 3
- 15
- 3
- weak
- 3
- 8
- has a name or year
- 19
- risky
- strong
- weak
- 12
- 3
- lamp#brick#leaf#10
- 2
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