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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.Gold.2013 (b) Fern!Tiger!Tent76
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudFernRiver42 (b) admin48
- 6.🔐 “Hill.29” 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
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou-Vine15 (b) MoonWolfShell79
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river!boat!toast!69 (b) Saanvi.Lotus.80
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern-14 (b) NeemLakeKite38
- 10.🔐 Is “Gold!30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick_lamp_neem_75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent.Neem.2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Tent-73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir-Kite-17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TigerLakeNest14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite_80 (b) boat-bell-chai-13
- 18.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 19.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “sandplumwolfdust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold!70 (b) KiteFrogMoon20
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine-Tiger-Brick37 (b) Pond_48
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn.Drum.2016 (b) Seed.Shell.Neem67
- 24.🔐 Is “admin89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “lakedrumsandcorn” 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
- 26.🔐 Is “goldnestcloudcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2008 (b) Kite-Nest-Cloud68
- 28.🔐 “Ship.Neem.2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotussandboat38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Vine@Lake@2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfplumpearlneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.wolf.shell.63 (b) Plum#19
- 34.🔐 Is “Saanvi2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand_Nest_2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf_dust_kite_66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite#Sand#2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Is “wheelseedhill70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty#Mango21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty39 (b) fern_neem_pearl_81
Answer key
- emojis
- 12
- 10
- Fern!Tiger!Tent76
- CloudFernRiver42
- shorter than 12
- MoonWolfShell79
- river!boat!toast!69
- NeemLakeKite38
- weak
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 3
- boat-bell-chai-13
- risky
- others can guess it
- 16
- KiteFrogMoon20
- Vine-Tiger-Brick37
- Seed.Shell.Neem67
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Kite-Nest-Cloud68
- has a name or year
- 10
- 2
- weak
- 1
- leaf.wolf.shell.63
- weak
- 4
- 3
- 4
- weak
- 14
- fern_neem_pearl_81
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