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 “LakeGoldToast51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudrivertigerpearl”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Rain58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2012 (b) tiger#brick#frog#73
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boatmangotigercorn (b) Wolf_Plum_Wheel25
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “plumleafpearl64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “moonplumgold71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “rainfrognesttiger” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Dust-Neem61 (b) Iloveyou.Chai69
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “WheelRainBoat55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) RiverDrumChai11 (b) Nisha-Brick-16
- 14.🔐 Is “Password@Fern57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Fern86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumTigerTent23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LakeNestDust38 (b) kitelakechai65
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.Kite.2009 (b) Plum#Lotus#Dust77
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drumpearlmango65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “VineGoldFrog32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Is “lotus-seed-shell-72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Arjun@Tent@16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 “Letmein!Lamp88” 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
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “boat@tiger@vine@35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “ship@wolf@chai@28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond#neem#boat#70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River@63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “cloud@brick@drum@28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango.hill.ship.30 (b) Password-Chai41
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf-Fern-Plum35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan.Tent.60”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “frog-moon-kite-31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Lamp-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “plum#seed#lotus#22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 3
- 20
- 4
- tiger#brick#frog#73
- Wolf_Plum_Wheel25
- 2
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lamp-Dust-Neem61
- 15
- 10
- 3
- RiverDrumChai11
- weak
- 4
- emojis
- 3
- LakeNestDust38
- others can guess it
- 12
- Plum#Lotus#Dust77
- 2
- 14
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- 18
- 10
- 17
- 3
- 4
- 3
- mango.hill.ship.30
- 16
- 4
- 13
- strong
- 14
- 18
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