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 “Corn#Nest#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampdustvine69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Pearl_Gold_Seed14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Gold-Pond24 (b) Diya2014
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “DustVineCorn30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Corn.Toast.2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “Welcome_Plum32” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#25 (b) WheelLotusNeem53
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger.31 (b) Brick-Leaf-Kite44
- 11.🔐 “leafmangopond23” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “LampRainTiger71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KiteCloudTiger23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Lotus@Pearl59 (b) Neem.Chai.2010
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.36 (b) RiverPondSand12
- 16.🔐 “Frog.Sand.2013” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern#boat#gold#73 (b) shelllamptoast31
- 18.🔐 “Welcome_Corn89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 19.🔐 “nestferntentsand” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Kite.Chai.Bell29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Hill@Moon@Nest16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Is “Fern-Lamp-Mango86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf@cloud@vine@32 (b) Meera.Seed.11
- 24.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf-Kite-Neem79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “wolfriverseeddrum” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav@Tiger@48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 “Moon-39” 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
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River!Wolf!2009 (b) Wheel#Neem#Frog45
- 32.🔐 “Admin-Kite41” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl!12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold_19 (b) pond.tiger.kite.89
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rain@bell@river@70 (b) Pearl@86
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold_Kite_2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “Iloveyou!Leaf49” 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
- 40.🔐 “mangorainpearl32” 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
Answer key
- 4
- 2
- strong
- 12
- Neem-Gold-Pond24
- 14
- weak
- has a common word
- WheelLotusNeem53
- Brick-Leaf-Kite44
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 3
- Dust@Lotus@Pearl59
- RiverPondSand12
- has a name or year
- fern#boat#gold#73
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- strong
- wolf@cloud@vine@32
- others can guess it
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 14
- shorter than 12
- 3
- Wheel#Neem#Frog45
- has a common word
- 8
- pond.tiger.kite.89
- rain@bell@river@70
- 4
- 3
- 3
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
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