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) Tent!Kite!Leaf60 (b) Kabir2011
- 2.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Dust#84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 “Welcome.Nest77” 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
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp@Seed@Corn51 (b) Vine@16
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.Dust.Toast62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “MoonDustFern59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest@Moon@Hill17 (b) Lotus.River.2017
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 9.🔐 “Password-Gold63” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 10.🔐 Is “brick-lotus-pond-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin!Kite28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “Welcome.Mango32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitedustseedcloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 “Corn_Leaf_2013” 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
- 16.🔐 “Tara@Bell@55” 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
- 17.🔐 “shippearlneemwolf” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 18.🔐 “raindustsandtent” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vine.ship.drum.77” 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) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou@Drum70 (b) corn@plum@tent@43
- 22.🔐 Is “cornfernlampseed” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineWheelLamp12 (b) shellcornhillleaf
- 24.🔐 “Wheel.Drum.2010” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafSeedShell60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 27.🔐 “Bell@40” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “goldneemleaf41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “kitegoldcloudhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “Saanvi#Cloud#24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PlumWolfChai62” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Neem!2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Is “qwerty43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “Kabir_Brick_38” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Wheel-20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seed.moon.corn.83 (b) iloveyou52
- 38.🔐 “Chai!88” 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
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “riverseedneem54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha_Pond_22 (b) Neem-Leaf-Plum56
Answer key
- Tent!Kite!Leaf60
- weak
- has a common word
- Lamp@Seed@Corn51
- 4
- 14
- Nest@Moon@Hill17
- 12
- has a common word
- strong
- 4
- weak
- 2
- 1
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 3
- corn@plum@tent@43
- weak
- VineWheelLamp12
- has a name or year
- 3
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 2
- 17
- weak
- 2
- 3
- 4
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- seed.moon.corn.83
- shorter than 12
- 15
- Neem-Leaf-Plum56
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