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.🔐 Is “admin10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 “frogleaftigermango” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BoatShellPlum33 (b) vinemangopearlbell
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship!Corn!2008 (b) Brick@Boat@Tent21
- 5.🔐 “Frog!46” 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
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain#kite#boat#30 (b) Diya2008
- 7.🔐 Is “FrogShellPlum88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “Aarav2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 “Letmein@Hill50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty@Frog37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Wolf#12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentriverleaf26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Chai-Mango-2008” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “leafpondtiger14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “lamp#toast#river#40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Tiger-32” 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
- 18.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineSeedSand54 (b) iloveyou71
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome31 (b) boat.seed.chai.35
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiRiverTent17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Kite#Lake#River15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold!36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel-kite-rain-51 (b) iloveyou36
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Seed#Toast83 (b) Shell@29
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf@41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “sandmangoneemplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Brick@Neem@2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Is “Rain!Corn!Pearl71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 31.🔐 “Frog@30” 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
- 32.🔐 “Iloveyou@Pond68” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2011 (b) Lake!Mango!Ship34
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “PondPlumLotus86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “LotusHillFern76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Wolf#Seed#2011” 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
- 39.🔐 “Vihaan-Lamp-25” 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
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BoatShellPlum33
- Brick@Boat@Tent21
- shorter than 12
- rain#kite#boat#30
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- 4
- 4
- 12
- 2
- has a name or year
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- VineSeedSand54
- boat.seed.chai.35
- 15
- strong
- 7
- wheel-kite-rain-51
- River#Seed#Toast83
- 4
- 17
- weak
- strong
- emojis
- shorter than 12
- has a common word
- 9
- 3
- Lake!Mango!Ship34
- 15
- strong
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 8
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