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 “qwerty18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “WheelSeedKite43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai#Hill#2011 (b) Bell-Lotus-Pearl63
- 6.🔐 Is “letmein26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome-Toast32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Cloud#Lotus27 (b) Tent_Chai_2017
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha-Moon-17 (b) fern.bell.gold.87
- 12.🔐 Is “PlumBoatToast12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi-Tiger-79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaitigerrain55 (b) MangoLampRain83
- 16.🔐 Is “rain.river.corn.59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestCornDrum81 (b) Diya.Chai.63
- 18.🔐 Is “dust@wheel@chai@10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Is “ship@mango@pond@16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 “Vihaan.Brick.53” 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
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “lotuswheelmooncorn”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Is “ToastGoldLotus86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan#Lake#58 (b) LotusTentVine33
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickwheelpearl82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “pond@sand@gold@14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldMangoNest33 (b) Seed#19
- 27.🔐 Is “Tara2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Leaf#Fern22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Bell44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “goldshellsand57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Shell.Nest62 (b) Welcome-Sand70
- 33.🔐 Is “LotusDrumGold21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Neem@30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell_shell_seed_54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Hill29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Nest!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_Ship_Mango84 (b) ponddusttentbrick
Answer key
- 2
- 3
- strong
- 3
- Bell-Lotus-Pearl63
- weak
- others can guess it
- 12
- 15
- Wolf#Cloud#Lotus27
- fern.bell.gold.87
- strong
- 15
- 2
- MangoLampRain83
- strong
- NestCornDrum81
- strong
- strong
- has a name or year
- 18
- strong
- LotusTentVine33
- 2
- 17
- GoldMangoNest33
- weak
- 17
- 4
- weak
- emojis
- Pearl.Shell.Nest62
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 4
- Plum_Ship_Mango84
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