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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MoonVineMango20 (b) Dust.Chai.2015
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum.Dust.Plum36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Is “PondNestBrick26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 “Iloveyou_Plum59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 6.🔐 Is “Tiger!Toast!Frog11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 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.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell#38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome83”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill_36 (b) Bell-Mango-River24
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed@Brick@Tiger78 (b) Ship!River!2015
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_41 (b) Rain-Ship-Lotus81
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast#Kite#2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf@rain@toast@54 (b) Mango.28
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome@Rain27 (b) lotus.boat.river.21
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoLotusSeed31 (b) welcome44
- 18.🔐 “Welcome!Wheel27” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔐 Is “TigerToastSand81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “Cloud-Wheel-Mango20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafWheelSand57 (b) sandwheelneem58
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RainBrickPearl21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “Sand@48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill#Wolf#Tent59 (b) qwerty19
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite-76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond!25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Saanvi#Frog#30” 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
- 30.🔐 Is “neemferncorn81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Is “Arjun2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “cloud@shell@kite@49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Frog#Pearl#Vine72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold#Leaf#Ship20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome!Ship63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera.Corn.12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon_Drum_2013 (b) kite@nest@seed@55
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav_Drum_15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi!Sand!16”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Fern-2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- MoonVineMango20
- 12
- 16
- strong
- has a common word
- strong
- others can guess it
- 9
- 8
- 9
- Bell-Mango-River24
- Seed@Brick@Tiger78
- Rain-Ship-Lotus81
- 15
- wolf@rain@toast@54
- lotus.boat.river.21
- MangoLotusSeed31
- has a common word
- strong
- strong
- LeafWheelSand57
- 3
- shorter than 12
- Hill#Wolf#Tent59
- 7
- 4
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- strong
- strong
- 4
- 14
- 13
- kite@nest@seed@55
- 4
- 14
- 15
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