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 “pondbellboat24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “shell@wheel@bell@75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) boat@lotus@sand@78 (b) Gold_Drum_2014
- 4.🔐 “Kabir_Lotus_62” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “shelllotusnestwheel” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Vine_2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty28 (b) Shell#Tent#Wheel66
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSandCloud85 (b) Bell-31
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “corncloudkite31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “TentLeafKite11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “lampdrumfrogmango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 13.🔐 “Leaf-77” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “cornlakewolf68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 “sandbellcorn81” 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
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.74 (b) shell@lotus@drum@30
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai_Dust_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_Dust_2008 (b) ToastChaiKite40
- 19.🔐 “River@Neem@2009” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “Frog-Toast-Kite57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) digits (d) emojis
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi@Nest@20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “Aarav@Cloud@17” 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
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine#39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 26.🔐 Is “fernneemlotusseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 Is “moonshippearlshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “Gold#40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “tentlampsand69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakelamppondfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Dust-53” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Iloveyou_Lake69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bell_hill_rain_30 (b) Aarav_Gold_20
- 35.🔐 Is “brick#shell#dust#31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Tiger-60” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine-sand-tiger-24 (b) Ishaan-Seed-32
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Wolf36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password-Hill77 (b) bell#gold#moon#47
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “rainboatlotus49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- 14
- 19
- boat@lotus@sand@78
- has a name or year
- weak
- others can guess it
- 14
- Shell#Tent#Wheel66
- FernSandCloud85
- 15
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shell@lotus@drum@30
- 14
- ToastChaiKite40
- has a name or year
- strong
- emojis
- 4
- has a name or year
- 7
- risky
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 12
- 14
- 1
- shorter than 12
- weak
- bell_hill_rain_30
- strong
- shorter than 12
- vine-sand-tiger-24
- 4
- bell#gold#moon#47
- 15
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