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 “Welcome-Lake25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Lotus!Wolf!Leaf10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake#75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty_Drum55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust#Bell#Gold20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger#river#pond#29 (b) Password_Moon48
- 8.🔐 Is “Leaf-Brick-Kite24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya!Bell!32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Dust-82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “Lotus_17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampwolfshiprain (b) BoatShellCloud12
- 13.🔐 “Tent@12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 14.🔐 Is “hill_pearl_cloud_21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust.Lake.Brick12 (b) tentnestneem11
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@River@Neem83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun#Gold#58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “Vihaan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “vinebellpondtent” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum#Neem#Rain25 (b) Mango!Sand!2014
- 25.🔐 “Iloveyou@Cloud54” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boathilldrum65 (b) PearlRainLotus54
- 27.🔐 “Letmein!Pond79” 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
- 28.🔐 “kitelotuspearlleaf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 29.🔐 “Boat@58” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 30.🔐 “leafrainshipneem” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 “wolfshellcorn32” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “KiteDustFrog68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “Corn_Chai_2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin60 (b) LakeLampPlum58
- 36.🔐 Is “Diya_Gold_13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Is “NeemChaiWheel28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumboatlake35 (b) Tiger#Hill#Shell47
- 39.🔐 Is “corn_brick_cloud_23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin80 (b) SeedChaiWheel34
Answer key
- 4
- strong
- 7
- 4
- 4
- 2
- tiger#river#pond#29
- strong
- 14
- weak
- weak
- BoatShellCloud12
- shorter than 12
- strong
- emojis
- 8
- 3
- 12
- Dust.Lake.Brick12
- 4
- 4
- weak
- weak
- Plum#Neem#Rain25
- has a common word
- PearlRainLotus54
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- strong
- has a name or year
- LakeLampPlum58
- weak
- strong
- Tiger#Hill#Shell47
- strong
- SeedChaiWheel34
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