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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogplumship63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel!neem!corn!79 (b) Meera#Tent#35
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Toast69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein#Gold57 (b) RiverGoldLake34
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “brickcloudfern17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Ishaan@Lotus@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 “dusttentbell16” 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
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara!Brick!23 (b) MangoMoonChai29
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum_Frog_2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) bellvineleafcorn (b) TentMangoChai32
- 12.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Tent!26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “Fern.Lake.Chai23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Qwerty#Fern35” 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
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfshipcloud33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “hillnestship19” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillLampNest13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wheel-lake-seed-21 (b) Lamp-89
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandtentcloudpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain@50 (b) River.Shell.Boat79
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “CloudKiteTent20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondwolfferntiger (b) boat.plum.kite.63
- 24.🔐 “Iloveyou@Wolf25” 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
- 25.🔐 “pearlkiteleaflamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.lamp.rain.72 (b) Arjun!Plum!89
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf-Hill-Leaf68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentWolfShip84 (b) Ship@24
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger-sand-pearl-23 (b) Password@Corn34
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha-River-11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “cloudneemtoast68” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan!Vine!57 (b) ChaiTentCloud82
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Cloud@33”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentTigerToast36 (b) Qwerty!Tiger21
- 35.🔐 “Lamp_Sand_2009” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “raintigerdrum24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “boatcloudsandgold” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “toast#lake#river#45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell@Pond@Mango55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shipsandmangowheel (b) Lotus_Cloud_Nest57
Answer key
- emojis
- 2
- wheel!neem!corn!79
- 14
- RiverGoldLake34
- 16
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoMoonChai29
- 4
- TentMangoChai32
- others can guess it
- 4
- strong
- has a common word
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- wheel-lake-seed-21
- 1
- River.Shell.Boat79
- 15
- boat.plum.kite.63
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- tiger.lamp.rain.72
- 16
- TentWolfShip84
- tiger-sand-pearl-23
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- ChaiTentCloud82
- 15
- TentTigerToast36
- has a name or year
- 15
- 1
- 19
- 4
- Lotus_Cloud_Nest57
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