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 “Password_Plum47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp!brick!chai!44 (b) Bell!Frog!2013
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi.Pearl.87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus@Ship@2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DustRainLeaf86 (b) Dust.14
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome14 (b) vine#lotus#shell#76
- 7.🔐 “chaipondkite77” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “shellcornleafwolf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NeemFernPearl32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “Vihaan2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2013 (b) River-Mango-Seed55
- 14.🔐 “Nisha!Wheel!20” 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
- 15.🔐 Is “Letmein.Bell35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum@55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-32 (b) Toast@Moon@Seed37
- 18.🔐 Is “CornPearlLotus31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Is “Pearl!Moon!Wheel15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pearlwheelboatpond (b) Tiger.Pearl.Chai71
- 21.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “LeafChaiGold80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Sand-Bell-Plum81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “Arjun-Brick-25” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Bell@19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “drumhillbelllamp” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it has symbols
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pearl.Mango.2010 (b) gold#neem#sand#12
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “rivertentshellwheel” 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
- 32.🔐 Is “Aarav_Lake_36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 “pearllakefrogshell” 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
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine!River!Lamp87 (b) lakepondraincloud
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakewolfleafcorn (b) Lake.Nest.Frog25
- 37.🔐 “Ishaan!Shell!57” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty@Kite86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 40.🔐 Is “Wheel#Shell#Neem41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 15
- lamp!brick!chai!44
- 4
- 4
- DustRainLeaf86
- vine#lotus#shell#76
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 3
- 10
- weak
- 9
- River-Mango-Seed55
- has a name or year
- weak
- 7
- Toast@Moon@Seed37
- strong
- strong
- Tiger.Pearl.Chai71
- 3
- 14
- strong
- has a name or year
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- others can guess it
- gold#neem#sand#12
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Vine!River!Lamp87
- 2
- Lake.Nest.Frog25
- has a name or year
- 13
- risky
- strong
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