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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_Fern_Drum71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Aarav#Lake#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya-Hill-86 (b) SeedPearlCloud69
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat-24 (b) Lamp.Lotus.Pearl69
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.Nest.Plum60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainmangofernsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “Vine.Chai.2013” 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
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein-Nest57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Vihaan@Pond@89” 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
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “corndusttiger83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “kitetigerdustbell” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent_Toast_Lake29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “nestneemmango38” 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
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty!Pond32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-Toast-Mango64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillrivershelldust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Arjun-Plum-74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Iloveyou-Shell55” 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
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick@lamp@drum@83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Neem55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 Is “admin64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “neemfernseed77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “password10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 29.🔐 “cornseedwolfwheel” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 30.🔐 Is “Saanvi2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “belltentvinesand” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rainmangofern41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Lamp.Toast.River13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “drumwolfcloud80” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastFernFrog49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2011 (b) PlumNestShip84
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlVineNeem60 (b) neemmangonest20
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill@Wolf@Seed34 (b) Dust#86
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl#boat#drum#85 (b) letmein40
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “dust.ship.river.86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- 16
- weak
- SeedPearlCloud69
- Lamp.Lotus.Pearl69
- risky
- 16
- 1
- has a name or year
- 14
- has a name or year
- 15
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 4
- 1
- weak
- has a common word
- 12
- 3
- weak
- weak
- weak
- weak
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- PlumNestShip84
- PearlVineNeem60
- Hill@Wolf@Seed34
- pearl#boat#drum#85
- 18
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