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.🔐 “Pearl-18” 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
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PondWheelTent53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_25 (b) CloudFernMoon18
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2010 (b) ship_neem_moon_17
- 7.🔐 “Lotus!76” 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.🎂 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
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seedlampdust89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat!Seed!2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “MoonLampVine37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan-Toast-70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 “Qwerty.Neem80” 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
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickMangoFern22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold@Cloud@Lamp37 (b) boattigerbell29
- 17.🔐 Is “SandToastCloud62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus.58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Is “admin57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Password!Plum15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Tent-Rain15 (b) Drum.Ship.2012
- 25.🔐 Is “leaftentmooncorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlNeemTent72 (b) Qwerty-Lotus42
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite#Moon#Bell82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Plum_76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Chai.11” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “Brick!64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango_Tent_Lotus77 (b) Nisha#Sand#22
- 33.🔐 Is “Kabir2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “MangoRainLamp20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “DustShipKite69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 “Admin-Cloud65” 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
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) FernNestRiver38
- 38.🔐 “kitetentmango21” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “nestkitedust10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “corn-ship-mango-16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- shorter than 12
- 3
- CloudFernMoon18
- 4
- emojis
- ship_neem_moon_17
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- 2
- risky
- 4
- strong
- 15
- has a common word
- 3
- Gold@Cloud@Lamp37
- strong
- 9
- 4
- 4
- weak
- 15
- 3
- River-Tent-Rain15
- weak
- 2
- PearlNeemTent72
- 16
- 7
- shorter than 12
- weak
- Mango_Tent_Lotus77
- weak
- 15
- 14
- has a common word
- FernNestRiver38
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
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