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) Admin.Kite83 (b) Nest-Drum-Dust55
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Neem-Lamp-2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav#Wheel#34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 7.🔐 Is “iloveyou27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain!Lamp!Dust10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 Is “plumtigerlamprain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi_Bell_37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “hill.seed.tent.20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp-Boat-2015 (b) Ship-Moon-Pearl71
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivertentbrickleaf” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Password#Lake16” 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 “Rohan2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 17.🔐 Is “PondPlumBrick71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “tenttoastpearl72” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 19.🔐 “Shell-52” 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
- 20.🔐 Is “kitesanddrum29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Lotus.13” 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
- 22.🎂 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
- 23.🔐 “leaflampgoldtoast” 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
- 24.🔐 Is “belllakelamp49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakerainmangoshell (b) seed#lamp#wolf#71
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “vine#river#sand#86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “frogneempond31”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password.Seed64 (b) bell!sand!gold!37
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine_Lotus_2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@Tent@2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.Wheel.2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#Moon#2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Is “Shell.88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainchailamp66 (b) TigerKiteSeed72
- 35.🔐 Is “lakedrumfrogmango” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 “Nisha!Shell!13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔐 “Bell#Wolf#2015” 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 “qwerty58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Pearl-2008 (b) Moon@Pearl@Neem12
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou-Mango61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- Nest-Drum-Dust55
- 8
- 8
- has a name or year
- 14
- 3
- weak
- 16
- weak
- 14
- 17
- Ship-Moon-Pearl71
- 1
- has a common word
- weak
- risky
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- weak
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- seed#lamp#wolf#71
- 18
- 14
- bell!sand!gold!37
- 4
- 4
- 15
- 4
- weak
- TigerKiteSeed72
- weak
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 8
- Moon@Pearl@Neem12
- 4
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