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 “Qwerty@Lotus29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 “Chai!41” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainwheellake11 (b) Gold!Pearl!Mango62
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl_Chai_Lotus52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “tigerneemtent88” 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
- 6.🔐 “cornboatfern13” 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
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Lotus_37” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Hill29 (b) Lake-Lamp-Chai81
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “clouddustshipbell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Brick_68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum#Seed#Wheel77 (b) lakecorndrumsand
- 13.🔐 “Admin#Drum22” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi-Toast-78 (b) WolfMoonCorn55
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat!Lake!Leaf48 (b) Rain#Lotus#2018
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!Tiger!Kite66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou_Frog88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Aarav!Toast!63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2011 (b) ToastPondLake67
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudBoatBell38 (b) Meera2011
- 21.🔐 “Chai-26” 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.🔐 Is “shiprainhill73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Cloud-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “neemrainboatdust” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp_bell_fern_89 (b) cloudshipdusttiger
- 26.🔐 Is “Diya2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boattoastriversand (b) RiverKiteDust29
- 28.🔐 “Iloveyou-Gold35” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake.28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Cloud_Ship_Kite37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “HillSandCorn57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “toastleafplum39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “cloudlakepond15” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Shell.Chai.Hill77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 37.🔐 Is “pearltoastdrumshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 39.🔐 Is “Ananya2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Corn-Shell-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
Answer key
- 14
- shorter than 12
- Gold!Pearl!Mango62
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Lake-Lamp-Chai81
- 17
- weak
- Plum#Seed#Wheel77
- has a common word
- WolfMoonCorn55
- Boat!Lake!Leaf48
- 17
- 15
- has a name or year
- ToastPondLake67
- CloudBoatBell38
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 4
- weak
- lamp_bell_fern_89
- weak
- RiverKiteDust29
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- strong
- 14
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- emojis
- weak
- risky
- weak
- has a name or year
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