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.🔐 “Meera.Lamp.30” 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
- 2.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Mango-Sand24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.Pearl.2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Is “Plum-Brick-Boat84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2009 (b) seed-vine-shell-80
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin.Seed32 (b) brick_river_mango_87
- 8.🔐 “Rohan@Lamp@19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed_corn_frog_39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Is “plum!neem!dust!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn@81 (b) Shell-River-Boat44
- 12.🔐 Is “CloudTentShell88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “lotusriverleaf79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerShellRain48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Mango.76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Qwerty@Sand22” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “Nisha.Fern.80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan-Tiger-70 (b) pearl!bell!dust!10
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “DustHillDrum37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond.rain.lotus.63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “password73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “Leaf_Bell_Pearl67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.Fern.Mango30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Vihaan2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Lake@21” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandPlumVine31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “BellShipCorn61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus-lake-drum-20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “wheel-frog-lamp-32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Diya.Kite.74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “leafdrumcloud81” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan#Toast#22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Plum23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed.Vine.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “CornWheelRiver30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “raintoastcloudriver” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Fern10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 3
- 17
- 15
- strong
- seed-vine-shell-80
- brick_river_mango_87
- has a name or year
- 3
- strong
- Shell-River-Boat44
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 4
- 2
- has a common word
- weak
- pearl!bell!dust!10
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 10
- strong
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 4
- 14
- 18
- 18
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- 14
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
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