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 “riverchaimangotiger”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipPearlMango73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand.Nest.Pond59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “pearlhilltiger46” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest#82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “hill.tiger.toast.26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Seed#River86 (b) Nest@43
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!Corn21 (b) Dust@Drum@Cloud15
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernPondDrum59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatBrickWheel71 (b) drumfrogshiprain
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastBellLamp43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Qwerty!Neem80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔐 “Iloveyou.Lotus13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 “Frog-67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 16.🔐 Is “Vihaan.Leaf.28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand.Cloud.Lotus64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickdustplum68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Tiger_Rain_Hill46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “Saanvi2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldlakeraintoast” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Vine.Tiger.2014” 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
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2015 (b) cloud#neem#corn#85
- 24.🔐 “Iloveyou#Lamp24” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem_Hill_Tent21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “fernchainest68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara!Rain!45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plum@brick@shell@43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Nest.19” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “moonsandgold40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “frog-ship-river-27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “Qwerty@Tent19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “Lamp@Cloud@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Kabir_Mango_31” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “Chai!26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 38.🔐 “seedbrickrivertent” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum-Frog-Seed61 (b) iloveyou65
- 40.🔐 “Neem!13” 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
Answer key
- 19
- 3
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- strong
- Corn#Seed#River86
- Dust@Drum@Cloud15
- 3
- BoatBrickWheel71
- 15
- has a common word
- has a common word
- 9
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 4
- 2
- strong
- weak
- 1
- has a name or year
- cloud#neem#corn#85
- has a common word
- 4
- 2
- weak
- 4
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 18
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Plum-Frog-Seed61
- shorter than 12
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