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.🔐 “Tiger!51” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2010 (b) cloud#rain#mango#14
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus_gold_frog_67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Kite@67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 “Dust#Sand#2015” 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
- 6.🔐 “Admin@Fern75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake!seed!lamp!85 (b) Ship-Leaf-2010
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2011 (b) DrumBrickPlum78
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_River_Hill86 (b) Kabir#Vine#57
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir#Wheel#55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Hill.Lake.2009” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Admin.Lamp56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Is “chai!mango!sand!12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl@Chai@Tiger37 (b) nestsandlake44
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Hill.Wheel43 (b) lamplotustentfern
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “riverlampneem20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Ananya!Hill!25” 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
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand_Dust_2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 21.🔐 “Pearl@Nest@2009” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine@nest@hill@69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickvinelampdrum (b) PondHillDust38
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest.Bell.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 26.🔐 Is “Neem!Plum!Lake61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein.Boat58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-Lake-Pearl22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Moon!Tent!Brick87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Corn!31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed#Hill#Plum33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Welcome-Toast39” 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
- 33.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 34.🔐 “shipmangodrum54” 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
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan.Toast.27 (b) corn.neem.mango.21
- 36.🔐 Is “brickpearlseedtoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain_Dust_Seed29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “drum-pond-shell-27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “River!Kite!2013” 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
- 40.🔐 “Admin_River30” 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
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- cloud#rain#mango#14
- 3
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- emojis
- lake!seed!lamp!85
- DrumBrickPlum78
- Lotus_River_Hill86
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- Pearl@Chai@Tiger37
- Mango.Hill.Wheel43
- 15
- has a name or year
- 14
- risky
- has a name or year
- 3
- PondHillDust38
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 14
- 17
- strong
- 4
- 4
- has a common word
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- corn.neem.mango.21
- weak
- 4
- 18
- has a name or year
- has a common word
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