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 “Nisha2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud.bell.neem.47 (b) goldmoonwolfship
- 3.🔐 Is “River.Nest.2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Vihaan2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai!Seed!Sand40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “shell.frog.pond.28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornpondlotus20 (b) rain.fern.seed.49
- 8.🔐 Is “leafdrumshipriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 Is “Toast@Hill@Leaf21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 11.🔐 “Kite-Rain-2017” 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
- 12.🔐 Is “lamp-tent-river-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “boat#toast#nest#26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “dust#kite#hill#32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest-pond-tent-30 (b) admin76
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “drumpearlgoldcloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#Mango#Lotus62 (b) lotusseedcornwheel
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest-tent-seed-29 (b) mangoponddrum44
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestwheelriver47” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 23.🔐 Is “kiteshellpond83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun#Boat#22 (b) wolf_nest_dust_69
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Nest@10” 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
- 27.🔐 “Ishaan.Chai.86” 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
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship.Tiger.2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest@drum@rain@81” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “sand_pearl_hill_32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum@Ship@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2011 (b) kite_toast_lake_20
- 34.🔐 Is “LotusMangoWheel47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “RiverNestMango50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Leaf_Wolf_2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 “Shell_Toast_2010” 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
Answer key
- 9
- cloud.bell.neem.47
- weak
- weak
- 16
- strong
- rain.fern.seed.49
- weak
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- strong
- 18
- strong
- nest-pond-tent-30
- 18
- Gold#Mango#Lotus62
- nest-tent-seed-29
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 12
- weak
- wolf_nest_dust_69
- 8
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- others can guess it
- 18
- 4
- kite_toast_lake_20
- strong
- strong
- 7
- 2
- 4
- weak
- has a name or year
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