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 “Drum#84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Dust_Lamp_Mango86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 “bellvinetoastshell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipneempondriver (b) gold@pearl@lotus@43
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2009 (b) Wolf.Dust.Frog20
- 7.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatlakecloudmango (b) FrogRainLamp87
- 10.🔐 Is “BellLeafShip16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite!Neem!2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite-mango-lotus-62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tent@lotus@cloud@76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest_Vine_Seed87 (b) Qwerty_Hill88
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River_Chai_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Aarav@Pearl@62” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “boatkitecorndust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernKiteWolf28 (b) River#Dust#2009
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogKiteLake77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 “Letmein-Nest31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldkiteleaftoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “seedbrickneemfrog” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “cornneemhill58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin15 (b) Kite.Brick.Chai32
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernSandShip85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plum.shell.boat.23 (b) Plum!85
- 31.🔐 Is “Dust.Gold.Leaf79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “plumnestbrick88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 “Tara!Nest!49” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger!leaf!plum!26 (b) Rohan2012
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “mangolampcloudpearl” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2008 (b) LeafRainBoat85
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernTigerToast29 (b) lampgoldchai59
Answer key
- 7
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- gold@pearl@lotus@43
- Wolf.Dust.Frog20
- emojis
- 3
- FrogRainLamp87
- strong
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- Nest_Vine_Seed87
- 12
- 4
- has a name or year
- 16
- FernKiteWolf28
- 14
- has a common word
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 14
- Kite.Brick.Chai32
- 3
- others can guess it
- plum.shell.boat.23
- strong
- 15
- has a name or year
- tiger!leaf!plum!26
- 7
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- LeafRainBoat85
- 2
- FernTigerToast29
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