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 “seedhillpondmoon” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “seed.brick.river.13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “MangoWheelChai81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum_60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum#74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Kite@18” 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
- 8.🔐 “Toast#Pond#2017” 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat#Tent#Lamp28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlsanddustplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 “chaimangorainnest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔐 “River_Drum_2014” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger#Mango#Plum16 (b) Mango_18
- 14.🔐 Is “Mango@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 16.🔐 “Gold.Ship.2013” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest#river#neem#28 (b) Password.Leaf20
- 18.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteDustRiver10 (b) Ship.Vine.2009
- 21.🔐 Is “Kite-Wolf-Fern42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond@Corn@Kite10 (b) Chai-17
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Lamp@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Rain41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “PondSandRiver17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “lake!mango!kite!66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Plum#Leaf#Boat81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill.Leaf.Shell69 (b) Cloud-31
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “goldmoonneemdust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Plum#Corn#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) risky (d) required
- 36.🔐 “lampplumwolf22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔐 Is “Letmein!Boat18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan.Bell.67 (b) CloudShipShell16
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “dusthillriver37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- weak
- 2
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 4
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 4
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- Tiger#Mango#Plum16
- weak
- 3
- has a name or year
- nest#river#neem#28
- others can guess it
- 12
- KiteDustRiver10
- strong
- Pond@Corn@Kite10
- 14
- 15
- 15
- strong
- 3
- strong
- 3
- 9
- Hill.Leaf.Shell69
- 4
- weak
- weak
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- CloudShipShell16
- 2
- 15
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