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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud!brick!drum!25 (b) Rohan2017
- 2.🔐 “Nest_Tiger_2010” 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
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nesthillwolf27 (b) ChaiToastCorn41
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Lotus10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Fern-2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem#Sand#Lamp14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Mango-Hill78 (b) Password_Toast84
- 9.🔐 “River-21” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Diya!Seed!68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “SandLeafWheel12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent-cloud-vine-67 (b) Lamp@86
- 13.🔐 “Chai#72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Sand@14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Brick@Mango58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum#24 (b) Nest#Wheel#Frog89
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill_neem_pearl_76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumSeedCorn85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake@Gold@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell_Wolf_Moon86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “Boat!32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Is “Kabir2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 25.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “dust!cloud!pond!66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “pond.pearl.gold.26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tentpondhill59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chai#bell#tiger#77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Password.Cloud39” 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.🔐 Is “Nest_Drum_Lamp66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond!11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Shell.Kite80 (b) Brick_72
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill_Cloud_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldrivertigerfrog (b) Lotus@Pearl@Shell60
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell-cloud-ship-20 (b) Leaf-Tiger-2012
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillshipneem13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf#22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- cloud!brick!drum!25
- has a name or year
- ChaiToastCorn41
- emojis
- 4
- 4
- 4
- Moon-Mango-Hill78
- shorter than 12
- weak
- strong
- tent-cloud-vine-67
- shorter than 12
- 7
- 18
- Nest#Wheel#Frog89
- 3
- 14
- 2
- 14
- 16
- weak
- weak
- risky
- 12
- 18
- 18
- others can guess it
- 2
- 3
- has a common word
- strong
- 7
- 3
- Pearl.Shell.Kite80
- 15
- Lotus@Pearl@Shell60
- bell-cloud-ship-20
- 2
- 4
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