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 kinds of characters does “Leaf-71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick.Gold.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan.Pearl.62 (b) lake_hill_chai_71
- 4.🔐 “Tent#67” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🔐 Is “WheelWolfCorn12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearlriverlamprain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya@Pond@69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 Is “wheel-plum-gold-80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 11.🔐 Is “LotusWolfWheel28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 “pondpearlgoldtent” 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
- 13.🔐 “moonlotuschai59” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Lotus!53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Mango@2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara_Drum_67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “kitepearllake89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedplummangolamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “vineplumship22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔐 Is “NestShipTiger13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “Chai!Cloud!Wheel76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “pearlboattoast44” 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
- 24.🔐 “raindrumpearl17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 Is “Tiger_Brick_River33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “Bell_Shell_Cloud53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Toast@Boat@Seed12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfchairainlotus”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearl!neem!hill!79 (b) Ananya2008
- 30.🔐 “hillmangoseed33” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “cloudtoastcorndrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drumbrickwheel13 (b) RainWheelPearl13
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel@Drum@2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “frogboatplum88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Nisha-Frog-34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentPearlLotus87 (b) neemshellwolf63
- 37.🔐 Is “Rohan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Is “drum.dust.lake.15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “sandchaidrum15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “chai-wolf-shell-79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- lake_hill_chai_71
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 12
- 1
- 4
- strong
- others can guess it
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- 15
- emojis
- 12
- 15
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- strong
- 17
- pearl!neem!hill!79
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- RainWheelPearl13
- 15
- 14
- weak
- TentPearlLotus87
- weak
- strong
- 14
- strong
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