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 “FrogTigerRain11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Welcome-Boat38” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔐 “River!Neem!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
- 4.🔐 “Aarav-Sand-36” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.Rain.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “Seed!Tiger!2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Brick.22” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerlaketentship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold.Seed.Wheel36 (b) rivershipbelllamp
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “mangolotusrivercloud”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum-Gold-Mango15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl.chai.wolf.85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “Leaf-Chai-2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem-moon-lake-39 (b) Kabir2009
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “boatlotusvine56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverPlumRain21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Nest!42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “neem@toast@plum@54”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “Pearl-Fern-2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Drum.Wolf.Kite17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf_tent_lamp_65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernmoonpearlbrick (b) sand-plum-river-11
- 24.🔐 Is “Rohan@Toast@17” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “Ship.Shell.2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 27.🔐 “Ishaan!Ship!74” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiMangoLamp80 (b) Ship!87
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudLakeNeem55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfrivercorn15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “rivershellsand15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lake!mango!corn!41 (b) Nisha2008
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “vine.cloud.corn.38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Leaf#Hill55 (b) Nisha_Ship_60
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lotus!moon!vine!34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Fern.Plum.2012” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- 3
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 1
- 3
- Gold.Seed.Wheel36
- 20
- 4
- 18
- weak
- neem-moon-lake-39
- 15
- 3
- 13
- 18
- weak
- strong
- 3
- sand-plum-river-11
- weak
- has a name or year
- 12
- has a name or year
- ChaiMangoLamp80
- 3
- emojis
- 15
- 3
- 2
- lake!mango!corn!41
- 18
- Frog#Leaf#Hill55
- 2
- others can guess it
- 3
- has a name or year
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