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.🔐 “plumgoldtigernest” 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.🔐 “Welcome-Corn10” 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
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Boat24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast_Neem_Wolf19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Wheel24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Fern-Rain-2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “tigershiptoastbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf-Dust-Hill79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Neem-56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 11.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shelldustnest71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiNestPearl53 (b) Admin_Corn23
- 14.🔐 Is “Password-Wheel81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “boatseedplumlotus” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nesttoastdust50 (b) ship!sand!frog!69
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) smart (c) required (d) safe
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) rain-pearl-river-40
- 19.🔐 “Rohan!Cloud!87” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick!seed!gold!10 (b) Moon#38
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemWolfNest22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon.ship.hill.72 (b) Welcome.River10
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) dust#leaf#tiger#78 (b) iloveyou34
- 26.🔐 Is “LampVineNest12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell-35 (b) lotus!chai!cloud!62
- 28.🔐 “chaiboatshelllake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 29.🔐 Is “Meera2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “pondwheelcorn85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “Vihaan@Kite@20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “SandPondBrick67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “Drum_24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem_drum_mango_81 (b) Qwerty#Vine63
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_Dust_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “rainnestsandlamp”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Vihaan#Vine#61” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “rainseedshell73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite@39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin46 (b) GoldLeafLotus45
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a common word
- 13
- 17
- 4
- 14
- 18
- 4
- 12
- emojis
- others can guess it
- 2
- ChaiNestPearl53
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ship!sand!frog!69
- risky
- rain-pearl-river-40
- has a name or year
- brick!seed!gold!10
- 8
- 3
- moon.ship.hill.72
- 9
- dust#leaf#tiger#78
- strong
- lotus!chai!cloud!62
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 15
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- neem_drum_mango_81
- 4
- 16
- has a name or year
- 15
- 4
- GoldLeafLotus45
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