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 “Password-Dust26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav#Shell#76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “nestboatcloudlamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) smart (d) safe
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest-sand-neem-13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Sand@Chai@Seed47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RainVineLeaf19 (b) froglamprainlake
- 8.🔐 “wheelchaileaf86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🔐 Is “Gold_50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Tent_Mango_2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 12.🔐 Is “Lamp#Nest#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 14.🔐 “cloudraindrum87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 16.🔐 Is “Kite@Corn@2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 Is “Aarav!Pearl!40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl-cloud-shell-29 (b) dustneemlakemango
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “brickkitenest19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Vine_Rain_2008” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger.Frog.Boat35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Sand.Toast.2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudlakeneem19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “river@bell@pearl@15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 26.🔐 “Chai.81” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Mango.55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “letmein54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Neem.Dust11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Vihaan2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain@Sand@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustLotusWolf89 (b) Qwerty_Fern27
- 34.🔐 Is “Drum@Gold@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “PondGoldWolf86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “lotustentbrickriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Saanvi2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya.Leaf.79 (b) Cloud@Drum@Vine48
- 39.🔐 Is “MangoDustPlum11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “Rohan-Frog-38” 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
Answer key
- 15
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- risky
- 3
- strong
- RainVineLeaf19
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- emojis
- weak
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- weak
- weak
- pearl-cloud-shell-29
- 15
- has a name or year
- 4
- has a name or year
- 15
- strong
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 9
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 14
- DustLotusWolf89
- weak
- strong
- weak
- weak
- Cloud@Drum@Vine48
- strong
- has a name or year
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