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 kinds of characters does “sandgoldlamplake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Tent!Toast!2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Mango56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome23 (b) Mango.Hill.Dust88
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Chai_12 (b) Toast#Brick#Lake15
- 7.🔐 Is “brick-lamp-pond-33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “Meera.Chai.33” 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) neem@corn@lake@35 (b) Qwerty!Sand14
- 10.🔐 “chaimangotoastlamp” 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
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem#Seed#Tiger65 (b) Arjun2014
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelseedneem66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaiboatshellwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 15.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 16.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Seed@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “Ishaan.Wolf.19” 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf.lotus.brick.26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir_Boat_65 (b) DrumBoatToast58
- 21.🔐 “Kite@Plum@2013” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Drum-Rain-Bell67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerMoonLamp18 (b) Iloveyou!Moon81
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “lake!drum!kite!15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “VineToastShip60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 “leaflampneem48” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kite.neem.drum.42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Vihaan2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Meera_Moon_69” 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
- 32.🔐 “Ishaan.Mango.63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeRainTent89 (b) Ishaan!Dust!14
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Wheel.47” 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
- 37.🔐 Is “Hill_Shell_Brick20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “shipfernmango11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rain!leaf!drum!39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “RainNestFrog78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 1
- weak
- 16
- 12
- Mango.Hill.Dust88
- Toast#Brick#Lake15
- strong
- has a name or year
- neem@corn@lake@35
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Neem#Seed#Tiger65
- 2
- 1
- emojis
- risky
- others can guess it
- 15
- has a name or year
- 3
- DrumBoatToast58
- has a name or year
- strong
- TigerMoonLamp18
- 17
- 15
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 8
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- LakeRainTent89
- 9
- 10
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
- 3
- strong
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