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 “neembellriverleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Admin.Kite56” 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
- 3.🔐 “hillpearlkite14” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern.kite.mango.36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “chaishipkite42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Sand-Corn-Wheel82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “plummangosandboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome#Fern27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 “plumseedbrickneem” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus!Kite!2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipNeemBell35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Sand-Lotus-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Meera_Pearl_70” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandRiverVine24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River.Toast.2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Tara-River-36” 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
- 19.🔐 “chaineemfrog68” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Lotus.56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampmangocloudleaf (b) BellCornFrog14
- 22.🔐 Is “Toast-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “admin23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty32 (b) VineChaiNest10
- 25.🔐 “Vihaan#Vine#16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2013 (b) BoatGoldLamp21
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearllampleaf89 (b) ToastPondPlum29
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya@Bell@77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) in a class chat (c) on your notebook cover (d) on a sticky note
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango!Leaf!2010 (b) Cloud_Kite_Tent32
- 32.🔐 “Toast.Mango.2008” 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
- 33.🔐 “lakecloudplumsand” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hilllampfern18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Letmein_Nest85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampBrickLake51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “password75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum#Gold#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “neemseedleaf43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 “dustseedhilltiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- 1
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- 3
- 14
- strong
- 17
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 3
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- BellCornFrog14
- weak
- 7
- VineChaiNest10
- has a name or year
- BoatGoldLamp21
- ToastPondPlum29
- 12
- 8
- in your head
- Cloud_Kite_Tent32
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- has a common word
- 3
- 10
- 4
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
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