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) PondCornFern42 (b) Admin!Corn17
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “ChaiBoatMoon43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “Hill@Rain@Pearl10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumMoonTiger80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “letmein89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand#rain#cloud#24 (b) Chai_Shell_2016
- 9.🔐 Is “Wolf#Corn#Brick28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest!Tiger!Leaf85 (b) froglakesandrain
- 11.🔐 Is “toastdustshipnest” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Rain@Wheel84 (b) Drum!Plum!2010
- 14.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Frog-41” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 Is “mango!dust!toast!13” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nisha2011 (b) RainChaiFern15
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
- 18.🔐 Is “Neem#Rain#Leaf59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-River47 (b) ship.lotus.frog.81
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “WheelWolfNest49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Password-Tent11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Plum@Pond@Mango17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Hill.Wolf60 (b) drumwolfkite45
- 25.🔐 Is “Bell-Seed-Dust14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfneembell84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Aarav@Plum@71” 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
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “rainlamptiger71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernpearlvinedrum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud@Leaf@Brick14 (b) Rohan_Lamp_12
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ShellBellNeem74 (b) wolfdrumtoast38
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river.shell.mango.49 (b) Neem#79
- 34.🔐 “Vihaan.River.30” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “cloudfrogshipshell”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) GoldHillKite18 (b) kitedrumpondplum
- 37.🔐 “wheelneemleafbell” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “Tara2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “Tent_Kite_2018” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “leaf.neem.river.61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- PondCornFern42
- 3
- strong
- strong
- 3
- weak
- weak
- sand#rain#cloud#24
- strong
- Nest!Tiger!Leaf85
- weak
- others can guess it
- Dust@Rain@Wheel84
- weak
- strong
- RainChaiFern15
- 3
- strong
- 10
- ship.lotus.frog.81
- 15
- 15
- strong
- Mango.Hill.Wolf60
- strong
- 14
- has a name or year
- 12
- 15
- 1
- Cloud@Leaf@Brick14
- ShellBellNeem74
- river.shell.mango.49
- has a name or year
- 18
- GoldHillKite18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- has a name or year
- strong
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