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 “lake_river_neem_29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_river_boat_33 (b) Lotus@Dust@2015
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest.Tiger.Shell37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 5.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 6.🔐 Is “bell_tent_cloud_64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Cloud36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha_Ship_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “WolfRiverKite38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship_Leaf_Mango39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangosandfernleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakechaigoldcorn (b) Kite#Corn#Vine32
- 13.🔐 “Meera#Plum#89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔐 Is “Moon!River!Bell75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonLeafShell29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Mango27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus@Gold@Drum76 (b) Saanvi2015
- 18.🎂 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp.Ship.Corn45 (b) Pearl-33
- 20.🔐 Is “dustnestwheel61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 22.🔐 “Sand-85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 24.🔐 “kitewheelneem52” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Corn_22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent!dust!fern!46 (b) password73
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangocloudlamp44 (b) sand@river@lake@76
- 28.🔐 Is “Qwerty#Corn78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2008 (b) Gold#Mango#Moon68
- 30.🔐 Is “Nest#11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Sand-Plum-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond-Tent-2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Mango@50” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl#sand#boat#31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2008 (b) leaf.rain.lotus.85
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “CornKiteLamp67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelCornCloud10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “shell#river#moon#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Pearl-2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Pond.15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 18
- pond_river_boat_33
- 18
- risky
- 12
- strong
- 14
- 4
- strong
- 4
- 1
- Kite#Corn#Vine32
- has a name or year
- strong
- 15
- weak
- Lotus@Gold@Drum76
- others can guess it
- Lamp.Ship.Corn45
- weak
- 3
- shorter than 12
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- tent!dust!fern!46
- sand@river@lake@76
- weak
- Gold#Mango#Moon68
- weak
- weak
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 18
- leaf.rain.lotus.85
- 14
- 3
- strong
- 4
- 4
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