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 “PearlRainGold31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud@79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Pond@83” 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
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir_River_85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Rain@Hill@Mango83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell#River#Lamp85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Kite.40” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “kitechaibrickgold” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “tiger-leaf-drum-17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “plum!moon!kite!67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Rain#Tiger#River49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Tent65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan!Cloud!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast_Brick_2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “drumrainneemboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “LotusKiteFrog17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “riverleaftoastgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast!Rain!River45 (b) Rain_71
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#sand#neem#88 (b) ferntentmoonneem
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.rain.pearl.88 (b) nestchaiwolfhill
- 24.🔐 Is “RainChaiFrog47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Mango#2018 (b) boat.gold.drum.57
- 26.🔐 Is “RainToastWheel51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Frog.River.2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell!26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “plum.wolf.moon.29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Tent#Toast16 (b) shipmangowheellotus
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-River70 (b) RainPearlShip86
- 32.🔐 “Password-Bell16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “brickleaflotus70” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Brick.89 (b) sand_lotus_fern_42
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.Dust.2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-Shell-Hill36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Fern#Leaf13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “NestLeafFrog11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- strong
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 17
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 9
- strong
- 17
- strong
- 14
- emojis
- 4
- 4
- 16
- strong
- 1
- Toast!Rain!River45
- drum#sand#neem#88
- river.rain.pearl.88
- strong
- boat.gold.drum.57
- strong
- weak
- 8
- strong
- Wheel#Tent#Toast16
- RainPearlShip86
- has a common word
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- sand_lotus_fern_42
- 4
- 12
- 17
- 17
- strong
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