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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein43 (b) corn#mango#tiger#11
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaitigerrain29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 4.🔐 “Welcome-Fern78” 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
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Leaf12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “lotuswolfcornchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 9.🔐 “brickdrumfrog52” 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
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 11.🔐 “Drum@Plum@2008” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera-Neem-54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Welcome-Drum60” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Vine_2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolflampplum29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Wheel#44” 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
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DustBellKite31” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Password!Moon16” 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.🔐 “Sand_55” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Letmein-Mango16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Plum-Tiger67 (b) Tara2010
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-Seed-Pearl40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou_Dust52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestKiteFern23 (b) Ishaan@Drum@43
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “rainriverchai37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “neemsandhill11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “River_25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 “Leaf!Fern!2017” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Chai20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya_Drum_30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Nisha-Ship-54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest!cloud!kite!61 (b) Kabir2009
- 36.🔐 Is “Ishaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) letmein36 (b) Drum-Frog-Tiger76
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain@shell@boat@65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “iloveyou21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Leaf#49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- corn#mango#tiger#11
- 2
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- 3
- 13
- weak
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 13
- has a common word
- 4
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 3
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Lake-Plum-Tiger67
- 18
- 4
- NestKiteFern23
- 15
- 12
- 14
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- 12
- weak
- 2
- nest!cloud!kite!61
- weak
- Drum-Frog-Tiger76
- 3
- weak
- weak
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