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 characters are in “Admin@Frog46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty-Boat63 (b) Sand-Nest-Drum59
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “LampRainWolf82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “River@Lotus@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔐 “Kite_15” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou.Toast61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Is “FrogPlumRiver53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 9.🔐 Is “tiger@river@gold@67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Is “welcome81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 “Qwerty_Lotus65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Drum_Pearl_Neem87 (b) Password-Neem39
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “riverneemvine71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-Tent-Corn16 (b) Aarav2018
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@gold@drum@47 (b) letmein30
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp#Gold#Neem27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “bricklotuschaimoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Drum#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Rohan2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2012 (b) dust-mango-lake-79
- 24.🔐 Is “lampbrickneem82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogcloudtigersand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Is “TigerCloudPlum58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “Diya_Lake_21” 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
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfNestBell41 (b) leafneemchaiwolf
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem#wheel#toast#15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2016 (b) PlumDustShell74
- 32.🔐 Is “password77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 “tentmangofern70” 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
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfWheelFrog45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast-59 (b) mango@plum@sand@74
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick!drum!kite!80 (b) boatshellbellpearl
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp#Vine#Gold32 (b) admin41
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangotentnestlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “hill_mango_ship_19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 12
- Sand-Nest-Drum59
- 14
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- 12
- strong
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- risky
- Drum_Pearl_Neem87
- 15
- Toast-Tent-Corn16
- corn@gold@drum@47
- 4
- emojis
- 18
- weak
- weak
- dust-mango-lake-79
- weak
- 1
- 9
- strong
- has a name or year
- WolfNestBell41
- 3
- PlumDustShell74
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- mango@plum@sand@74
- brick!drum!kite!80
- Lamp#Vine#Gold32
- 1
- 3
- 18
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