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 “Letmein!Chai51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kiteleaftiger26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick!sand!boat!32 (b) Rohan2011
- 4.🔐 Is “Arjun!Sand!53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 Is “Nisha#Drum#52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Leaf.River49 (b) admin63
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein@Toast70 (b) neem-pond-brick-11
- 8.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedBoatKite37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldDrumRiver20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Rain.35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Chai35 (b) Drum_Gold_Cloud47
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainwheelpearlnest (b) gold_wolf_frog_21
- 16.🔐 “Mango.35” 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
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.28 (b) Sand-Bell-Ship17
- 19.🔐 “mangochaibell72” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Saanvi2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoLakeCloud24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Gold.Cloud77 (b) shipleafkitecorn
- 23.🔐 Is “sandvineseed27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Gold.68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Lamp-Moon18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “kite-leaf-drum-18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Saanvi.Gold.31” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔐 Is “kite_leaf_bell_16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password#Plum26 (b) Brick-Wheel-Nest19
- 30.🔐 Is “Lamp.Bell.Mango71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Lake17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed!53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tenthillneemwolf (b) Wheel@Fern@Chai50
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!Rain!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Is “Hill#Fern#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Wolf@Neem@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Leaf!2010 (b) Dust@Lamp@Lake35
- 39.🔐 “cloudlamptentfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Brick86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 14
- 2
- brick!sand!boat!32
- weak
- weak
- Cloud.Leaf.River49
- neem-pond-brick-11
- emojis
- 3
- 3
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 4
- Drum_Gold_Cloud47
- gold_wolf_frog_21
- shorter than 12
- 3
- Sand-Bell-Ship17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 3
- Nest.Gold.Cloud77
- weak
- 13
- 4
- strong
- has a name or year
- strong
- Brick-Wheel-Nest19
- strong
- 15
- 10
- 4
- Wheel@Fern@Chai50
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
- Dust@Lamp@Lake35
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
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