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 “drumdustsand30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigervinemangoshell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel!Moon!2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “brickrainwheelchai” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “river.neem.tiger.19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “lamp#dust#shell#55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineMangoTent41 (b) Rohan2011
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell-dust-chai-75 (b) Kabir-Fern-24
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password@Vine17 (b) wheel.plum.chai.12
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust!Gold!2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “Rohan_Lake_75” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “plum.nest.sand.23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 19.🎂 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2009 (b) Toast.Cloud.Dust27
- 21.🔐 “Kite!Nest!2010” 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
- 22.🔐 “Rohan-Frog-89” 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
- 23.🔐 “Password_Shell30” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya#Wheel#67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Pond.57” 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
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “rainlotusmoon74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemFrogSeed16 (b) fernwheelsandlotus
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent.lotus.rain.44 (b) Diya-Wheel-65
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum_Moon_Wolf49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2009 (b) Bell_Corn_Neem55
- 32.🔐 Is “Plum_Moon_Drum43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell@brick@sand@65 (b) Ship-83
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “ToastBrickLake35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Wheel_Chai_2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 36.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl.67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Toast-16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “vinetentwheelkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “boatpearlcornrain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 2
- 8
- 9
- 1
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 19
- 2
- strong
- VineMangoTent41
- 12
- shell-dust-chai-75
- wheel.plum.chai.12
- 14
- 3
- has a name or year
- strong
- emojis
- others can guess it
- Toast.Cloud.Dust27
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 13
- shorter than 12
- 15
- NeemFrogSeed16
- 3
- tent.lotus.rain.44
- 4
- Bell_Corn_Neem55
- strong
- shell@brick@sand@65
- 16
- has a name or year
- risky
- 4
- 13
- 17
- weak
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