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) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan#Seed#10 (b) frog!hill!gold!50
- 3.🔐 “hillvinewheel29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 4.🔐 Is “Letmein_Gold60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 “boatdrumwolf49” 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
- 6.🔐 “Dust@46” 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
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) required (c) safe (d) smart
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “SandShipHill29”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSandNeem83 (b) neemhilldust74
- 11.🔐 “Letmein@Corn89” 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
- 12.🔐 “Ship.Neem.2008” 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
- 13.🔐 “Plum-26” 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
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#wheel#neem#56 (b) Kabir2011
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frog!dust!kite!78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-Chai-Gold13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 “lotusbellneemship” 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
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickhillleafwheel (b) pearl-corn-boat-25
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum!Chai!Corn73 (b) Saanvi@Wheel@25
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2011 (b) lake#moon#lamp#16
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Pond!2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Diya2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara#Shell#80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud!Sand!2011 (b) Bell#Hill#Shell29
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainhilltent51 (b) Pearl_Vine_Ship17
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password74 (b) mango.wolf.nest.74
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “drumraincloudkite”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 30.🔐 “Iloveyou@Chai25” 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
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vinesandtoast25 (b) Nest@Mango@Boat11
- 32.🔐 “hillsandrain45” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger-Sand-2015 (b) WolfDustCorn37
- 34.🔐 Is “Iloveyou.Frog72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Is “welcome80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondhillmangovine” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 “wheelvinetoast70” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “WheelKitePond22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- emojis
- frog!hill!gold!50
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 8
- risky
- 14
- FernSandNeem83
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- mango#wheel#neem#56
- 3
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pearl-corn-boat-25
- Plum!Chai!Corn73
- lake#moon#lamp#16
- 4
- weak
- 13
- Bell#Hill#Shell29
- Pearl_Vine_Ship17
- mango.wolf.nest.74
- 17
- 12
- has a common word
- Nest@Mango@Boat11
- fewer than 3 kinds
- WolfDustCorn37
- weak
- weak
- 8
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 10
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