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 kinds of characters does “Hill_Moon_Tent46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Wheel-13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “password49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Frog#Wheel78 (b) Saanvi_Lotus_43
- 5.🔐 Is “Lotus!Sand!2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “leaf!river!chai!39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔐 Is “Diya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon-Nest-Shell89 (b) Ship!Tiger!2012
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Vine.Wolf27 (b) password68
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 12.🔐 “Lotus-Tiger-2011” 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
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river#wheel#dust#50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Bell-2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “TentBrickFern30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverneembrick15 (b) ToastNeemRain58
- 17.🔐 Is “Frog#Vine#River78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Is “nestbellhill15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornLampDrum36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “Boat#12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 “Qwerty_Fern68” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera.Drum.87 (b) wolf_sand_pond_51
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River-Frog-Lamp23 (b) drumlotusseed26
- 24.🔐 “Drum@32” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “Ananya-Sand-87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password37 (b) CloudPondGold36
- 27.🔐 Is “vine.gold.seed.81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Pearl!84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Aarav.Shell.12” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 31.🔐 “frograinvineboat” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 32.🔐 “drumfernmoonriver” 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
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus.Pearl.Seed61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin_Fern34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Lotus.Leaf60 (b) Diya!Sand!47
- 37.🔐 Is “Sand-Moon-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya2009 (b) Cloud_Boat_Dust50
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Mango-40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tent-plum-shell-16 (b) Kabir_Boat_87
Answer key
- 4
- 8
- 10
- Wolf#Frog#Wheel78
- weak
- strong
- weak
- Moon-Nest-Shell89
- 3
- Mango.Vine.Wolf27
- emojis
- has a name or year
- 3
- 4
- 3
- ToastNeemRain58
- strong
- weak
- 3
- weak
- has a common word
- wolf_sand_pond_51
- River-Frog-Lamp23
- shorter than 12
- weak
- CloudPondGold36
- strong
- 4
- has a name or year
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- 18
- 4
- Mango.Lotus.Leaf60
- weak
- Cloud_Boat_Dust50
- 14
- tent-plum-shell-16
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