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 characters are in “frog!shell!mango!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Vine#85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi#Moon#30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Is “dust!nest!fern!43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “Wheel!46” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinemangoraintiger” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite!Tiger!Lamp39 (b) Admin_Pond45
- 9.🔐 “Neem#25” 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
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold@Ship@Chai23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf!vine!tiger!22 (b) riverhillfernpond
- 12.🔐 Is “Tiger#Vine#2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Saanvi2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!Kite!Boat38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “pearllotusbrick69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Sand.Rain.Tent10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Boat#Plum#Drum25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfbricktoastlotus” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “chailakecloud14” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara#Lotus#63 (b) LotusWolfDrum13
- 21.🔐 “wheelmoonneem61” 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
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Shell59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 24.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 25.🔐 “Saanvi!Toast!85” 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
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shelltoastriver48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “tigerplumbell39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl_Hill_Neem85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “lamp-brick-river-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “shellhilldust22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Cloud@49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Kite#10” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “river@brick@toast@30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “goldneemchaitiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudSeedCorn37 (b) Tara#Dust#75
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Vihaan!Boat!12” 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
- 38.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel#Dust#2013 (b) CornSeedBoat15
- 40.🔐 Is “moonvinepearlchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 19
- 4
- weak
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 1
- Kite!Tiger!Lamp39
- shorter than 12
- 4
- leaf!vine!tiger!22
- weak
- weak
- 17
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- LotusWolfDrum13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- risky
- 3
- has a name or year
- 2
- 15
- 4
- 19
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 20
- 17
- CloudSeedCorn37
- 10
- has a name or year
- 12
- CornSeedBoat15
- weak
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