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 “Arjun_Tiger_50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Frog86 (b) LakeDrumDust47
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi_Seed_75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerWheelMango21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 “neemwolffrog79” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “hilldustkitenest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “qwerty51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 “Password.Nest85” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “Kite_Pearl_Lake76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitemoondust82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “wheelrivercloudtent” 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
- 14.🔐 Is “Lake#Nest#2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “Tara2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome#Neem79” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel.Pond.Cloud27 (b) sandriverkite30
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfFrogPearl25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “moonpondrivergold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “qwerty35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum#Cloud#2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf.ship.corn.84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake.bell.kite.18 (b) Sand_Vine_2008
- 25.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “qwerty64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@Frog@Sand63 (b) Kabir2014
- 30.🔐 “wheellotusfrogcloud” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 Is “Drum-Kite-2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty41 (b) Boat@Rain@Shell68
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 “pearlplumcornriver” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 35.🔐 Is “ShipNestSeed29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Neem!River!2009” 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
- 37.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Chai@Hill@2012” 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
- 40.🔐 “Lamp_67” 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
Answer key
- 14
- LakeDrumDust47
- 4
- 12
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- weak
- has a common word
- strong
- emojis
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- weak
- 4
- Wheel.Pond.Cloud27
- 3
- 1
- 3
- weak
- 15
- 3
- lake.bell.kite.18
- others can guess it
- 8
- 2
- weak
- Boat@Frog@Sand63
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- Boat@Rain@Shell68
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- has a name or year
- 3
- 8
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
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