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 “wheel_kite_cloud_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2011 (b) Drum-Lamp-Wheel80
- 3.🔐 “Frog-41” 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
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest.Frog.Kite19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Vine#11” 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
- 6.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern-lotus-shell-78 (b) qwerty60
- 8.🔐 “Cloud!43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan.Brick.84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Nest_2012 (b) River@Shell@Seed79
- 11.🔐 Is “BoatCloudShip68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.chai.leaf.58 (b) Nisha2015
- 13.🔐 Is “hillseedneem60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2012 (b) cloud_tiger_brick_42
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya#Brick#78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha!Sand!39 (b) mango@bell@toast@39
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship@49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “lamppearlrivermoon” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerToastVine31 (b) Dust.34
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast_Moon_Leaf44 (b) Aarav@Mango@63
- 22.🔐 “Cloud.43” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 23.🔐 “Kabir@River@26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔐 Is “welcome14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “neem.bell.wolf.24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toast-river-lamp-32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Brick.Cloud82 (b) Meera2009
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir!Wheel!19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun@Wolf@78 (b) LampMangoHill13
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara2013 (b) corn_moon_bell_73
- 32.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornBoatToast82 (b) Arjun2009
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Gold_2018 (b) KiteLakePearl38
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) moon-mango-pearl-23 (b) goldferntoast83
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloudshellcornwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “welcome41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome36 (b) cloud@rain@pearl@56
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeDustRiver58 (b) Ananya2013
Answer key
- 3
- Drum-Lamp-Wheel80
- shorter than 12
- 16
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- fern-lotus-shell-78
- shorter than 12
- 15
- River@Shell@Seed79
- strong
- plum.chai.leaf.58
- weak
- cloud_tiger_brick_42
- 4
- mango@bell@toast@39
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- TigerToastVine31
- 7
- Toast_Moon_Leaf44
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- weak
- 17
- 8
- 3
- Tiger.Brick.Cloud82
- 4
- LampMangoHill13
- corn_moon_bell_73
- risky
- CornBoatToast82
- KiteLakePearl38
- 7
- moon-mango-pearl-23
- 1
- weak
- cloud@rain@pearl@56
- LakeDustRiver58
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