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 “FernLotusFrog78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 Is “Kabir2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “ferndustcorn33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “Kabir!Toast!33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Ship.Pearl28 (b) Gold@13
- 8.🔐 Is “Pond@70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 10.🔐 Is “TigerLeafFrog11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfshipseed56 (b) lake-river-lotus-62
- 12.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog!Tiger!2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Corn.Gold.2017” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome18 (b) Toast#River#Neem64
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “ChaiPlumCorn33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Moon36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “sandlamprivergold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moon#mango#gold#29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “shelllakemango22” 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
- 21.🔐 Is “Tiger@Rain@Lotus54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Corn.52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “plumsanddustpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Gold#2018 (b) HillShipPlum54
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neemtigerkite82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger#Gold#Lotus21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya!Dust!49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@Leaf@River77 (b) lakedrumplum59
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou#Seed27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔐 “Tara#Lotus#49” 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
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “River#Bell#2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum-rain-tiger-30 (b) Cloud_38
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera!Wheel!33 (b) Neem.Lotus.Lake60
- 35.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Is “neemseedpearl58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusGoldBrick52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “TentBellCorn32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- strong
- weak
- 14
- 10
- has a name or year
- 12
- Neem.Ship.Pearl28
- weak
- others can guess it
- strong
- lake-river-lotus-62
- risky
- 15
- has a name or year
- Toast#River#Neem64
- 14
- 15
- 17
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- weak
- HillShipPlum54
- 2
- 4
- 4
- Cloud@Leaf@River77
- 2
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 4
- drum-rain-tiger-30
- Neem.Lotus.Lake60
- 3
- 9
- weak
- 16
- emojis
- 14
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