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) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 2.🔐 Is “Pond_47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShipSandDrum35” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “MangoMoonBell89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship-cloud-shell-61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “welcome30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell_Cloud_2016 (b) LotusChaiRiver39
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp-Pond-Lotus18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn-85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “seed!toast!tent!86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger_Rain_2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “toast_chai_plum_23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “Corn-Drum-2017” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell!leaf!chai!15 (b) Letmein-Tiger13
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-Pond-Frog74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf.35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake#Pond#Rain22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Is “mango-rain-leaf-45” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandWolfChai20 (b) Saanvi2017
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Rain.22 (b) Lake.Fern.Corn52
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf.Boat.Tent87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nestlotusplumrain (b) Brick_Shell_Tiger88
- 23.🔐 Is “WheelMangoLotus24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 25.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 26.🔐 “Plum@16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloudsandnesttent (b) Tiger#River#Pond40
- 28.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 29.🔐 Is “Kabir2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud-boat-mango-37”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf@Lamp@Bell40”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust-Tiger-Neem55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty_Lake55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Welcome.Moon55” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf.Plum.2016 (b) Drum!Neem!Frog79
- 37.🔐 “seedwheeltentbrick” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern.Vine.Pearl42 (b) Seed!89
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Mango_68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog.Mango.Dust88 (b) Ishaan2011
Answer key
- emojis
- weak
- 3
- 3
- 3
- weak
- LotusChaiRiver39
- 4
- 4
- 18
- 15
- 18
- has a name or year
- shell!leaf!chai!15
- 4
- 7
- 4
- strong
- SandWolfChai20
- Lake.Fern.Corn52
- 4
- Brick_Shell_Tiger88
- strong
- risky
- 3
- shorter than 12
- Tiger#River#Pond40
- 12
- weak
- 10
- 19
- 16
- 17
- 13
- has a common word
- Drum!Neem!Frog79
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Fern.Vine.Pearl42
- 4
- Frog.Mango.Dust88
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