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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2017 (b) kite.river.hill.40
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitelamprivermoon (b) Plum-Frog-Shell85
- 3.🔐 Is “Ship.Nest.Hill41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_Cloud_Hill26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2014 (b) LotusKiteBrick22
- 6.🔐 Is “Neem_Lamp_Nest85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “riverwheelvinepond” 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
- 8.🔐 “Ishaan@Shell@10” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “river!rain!frog!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 “Meera@Neem@62” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 11.🔐 Is “Chai.22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust#57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “chai-vine-neem-25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Boat-68” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusBoatBrick72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Hill-81” 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
- 17.🔐 “Aarav-Lotus-87” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed-Dust-Pearl22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 20.🔐 Is “Lamp!Chai!Shell60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password#Mango70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest.corn.brick.77 (b) shellneemhilldrum
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandriverdrumlamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “cloud_plum_fern_36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin#Tent80 (b) Vine@Drum@Dust42
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 29.🔐 Is “Bell.14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedplumcornsand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Boat#Sand56 (b) tigergoldseed59
- 33.🔐 Is “bellpearlcornchai” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Nest-Rain29 (b) brickneemdust30
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl_Neem_Brick73 (b) drumtigercloud79
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “moonleaflake22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin@Tent25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “Nest-88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Is “mango#tent#hill#39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- kite.river.hill.40
- Plum-Frog-Shell85
- strong
- 4
- LotusKiteBrick22
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- strong
- has a name or year
- weak
- 4
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 16
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 4
- risky
- strong
- 4
- nest.corn.brick.77
- others can guess it
- 1
- strong
- Vine@Drum@Dust42
- 9
- emojis
- weak
- 1
- 3
- Tent#Boat#Sand56
- weak
- Tiger-Nest-Rain29
- Pearl_Neem_Brick73
- 14
- 4
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
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