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 “admin82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Tara2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf_11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus_Rain_Wolf46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 7.🔐 Is “BellSeedVine46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf_Cloud_2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan.Fern.88 (b) shell.corn.pearl.56
- 12.🔐 “Letmein@River52” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipDrumCloud50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin59 (b) CornPearlPond32
- 15.🔐 Is “dustfrogpearlship” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Cloud!Rain!Lake60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Gold#Seed#Mango68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 “lotusvinewheelpond” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “sand_rain_dust_52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 Is “Seed_89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) symbols
- 22.🔐 “Iloveyou_Rain85” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “DustTentPond33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusMoonHill62 (b) kitebricklamp29
- 25.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Lotus49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “chaimangoship47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Rain41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera-Cloud-53 (b) sand_dust_wolf_61
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond-Sand-Vine56 (b) Admin#Corn81
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “fern!leaf!tiger!46” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “rainwolfmangodust” 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
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Kite@82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Wheel_Hill_2011” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerToastRain64 (b) pondkitevine52
- 38.🔐 Is “kite_hill_lake_10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent!Moon!Chai17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- 4
- 17
- 3
- risky
- strong
- 4
- 15
- 12
- shell.corn.pearl.56
- has a common word
- 3
- CornPearlPond32
- weak
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- emojis
- has a common word
- 14
- LotusMoonHill62
- weak
- 15
- 4
- 3
- sand_dust_wolf_61
- 8
- Pond-Sand-Vine56
- 2
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- has a name or year
- TigerToastRain64
- strong
- 4
- 3
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