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 “Qwerty#Lamp43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelShipToast43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship_70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “tentlakeshipboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedTentDust75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “Seed.Pond.2018” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan_Hill_20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Qwerty.Pearl21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Frog77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelMangoSeed21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “ShipBrickRain15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “hilllakelamptent” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Password-Leaf80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango-rain-sand-13 (b) Letmein@Lamp51
- 17.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#Lamp12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 “Gold-87” 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
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum-Kite-2010 (b) neem@drum@lake@29
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogRainBrick59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “dustchaimoonlake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemShipRiver36 (b) rivercornpearlship
- 24.🔐 “Lake@65” 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
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “kitecloudwolf29” 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
- 27.🔐 Is “Pearl.Kite.Ship69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 “Brick@70” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “tentmoonmangobell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Meera@Lotus@60” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandTentLake32 (b) Neem@Shell@2009
- 32.🔐 Is “Tent-82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “River-87” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill@Vine@2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “neemmangopond79” 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
- 38.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein.Rain64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Sand.31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 4
- 3
- 3
- risky
- 7
- 16
- 3
- has a name or year
- 14
- 4
- 13
- 3
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- mango-rain-sand-13
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 3
- neem@drum@lake@29
- 3
- weak
- NeemShipRiver36
- shorter than 12
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 17
- has a name or year
- SandTentLake32
- weak
- 3
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 4
- 12
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