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 “Saanvi#Drum#19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Is “Rohan.Lotus.80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog@rain@wolf@27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 5.🔐 “cloudwheelshell83” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara-Chai-57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Vihaan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Vine49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus_gold_neem_26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou@Nest13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “Tara.Bell.25” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlakeneemdust” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold@sand@lamp@59 (b) neemcloudsand88
- 14.🔐 Is “leafshelllamptoast” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) raintoastnestpearl (b) BellMoonLeaf26
- 16.🔐 Is “Ishaan.Pond.35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 18.🔐 “cloudcornfrog21” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “drum#bell#river#32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TigerFernFrog27 (b) Fern_Plum_2018
- 21.🔐 “Lake@51” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake!Pond!2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampBoatRain26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Tiger.Wheel.Kite80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell@neem@chai@32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Lotus!Pond12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Aarav!Tent!16” 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
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon_Cloud_Shell56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Dust!Sand67 (b) pearlbrickboatseed
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-Cloud-Seed83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “river.lake.dust.62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger#Brick#2011 (b) RiverPondLake75
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “boat_river_leaf_47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) smart (d) risky
- 37.🔐 “shiptentleafshell” 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
- 38.🔐 “Nest#22” 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
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav.Pearl.71 (b) Tiger_Neem_Pond67
- 40.🔐 Is “mangoseedbellplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 14
- weak
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- weak
- 12
- 3
- 15
- has a name or year
- 1
- gold@sand@lamp@59
- weak
- BellMoonLeaf26
- weak
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 18
- TigerFernFrog27
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 3
- strong
- 9
- others can guess it
- 3
- 4
- has a name or year
- 4
- Cloud!Dust!Sand67
- 4
- strong
- RiverPondLake75
- 18
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- Tiger_Neem_Pond67
- weak
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