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 “Meera@Boat@37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast!30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf.51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “pond_tiger_wheel_77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakegoldtiger21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “pearlgoldtenttiger” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “Ship-Wolf-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “goldshelllamplake” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 12.🔐 Is “Boat#Nest#Drum52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 Is “Saanvi2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand!neem!mango!67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust_Neem_Moon18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “brickdustfern15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Is “welcome74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “Vine-Rain-Seed12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango#Toast#Fern70 (b) Neem_86
- 20.🔐 “Moon@Leaf@2012” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 “Toast!12” 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
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem@Lotus@Wolf82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “GoldSandLake34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@Drum@Boat15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Is “Welcome-Sand49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔐 “Lamp@26” 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
- 28.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 29.🔐 Is “Mango@Corn@Hill18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔐 Is “gold.pearl.sand.43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 “Password!Wheel55” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!River43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainwolfleaf11 (b) NeemMoonWolf31
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#River#Lake56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog!71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nest#frog#neem#23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “NestLakeTiger66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “admin69” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Is “Vine@26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 13
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 2
- strong
- 2
- weak
- weak
- weak
- 12
- strong
- weak
- 3
- 16
- 15
- weak
- strong
- Mango#Toast#Fern70
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 4
- strong
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 3
- strong
- strong
- has a common word
- 16
- NeemMoonWolf31
- 4
- emojis
- 4
- 3
- 3
- weak
- weak
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