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.🔐 “dusttentnestkite” 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
- 2.🔐 Is “Pearl.Moon.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “raindustdrum53” 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
- 4.🔐 “Aarav@Wheel@35” 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 “LotusDrumGold86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “tigershiprainbrick” 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
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.boat.hill.65 (b) password72
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern_frog_vine_85 (b) admin21
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 12.🔐 Is “Dust.Wolf.Seed64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Plum-29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “sandseedmango72”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Plum33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 “Tiger@60” 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
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf@49 (b) Boat-Dust-Vine57
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 19.🔐 Is “Lamp.Tent.Brick34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Dust@Drum@2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “brickpondlotus65” 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
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudTigerLamp14 (b) Iloveyou!Sand30
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leaf_toast_plum_74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 25.🔐 Is “qwerty75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi2014 (b) vine-pond-bell-11
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun-Seed-87 (b) Wolf-Seed-Rain78
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-ship-toast-29 (b) Ananya@Tent@33
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango-Nest-2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Is “BellTentNeem87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “cloud#moon#nest#29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Tiger-2017 (b) Mango#Seed#Rain71
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “neem@brick@corn@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara.Hill.13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Password-Fern48” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Ship38 (b) kite!rain!river!44
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon#Lotus#2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 “shiptentshell60” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickLampToast45 (b) seedlaketentneem
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- strong
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- leaf.boat.hill.65
- fern_frog_vine_85
- 12
- risky
- strong
- 4
- 15
- weak
- shorter than 12
- Boat-Dust-Vine57
- 3
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- CloudTigerLamp14
- 3
- emojis
- weak
- vine-pond-bell-11
- 10
- Wolf-Seed-Rain78
- chai-ship-toast-29
- 15
- strong
- strong
- Mango#Seed#Rain71
- 18
- 4
- has a common word
- kite!rain!river!44
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- BrickLampToast45
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