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 “Saanvi.Lotus.74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 3.🔐 Is “Tent!Cloud!Brick70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand@Ship@Pond19 (b) Letmein.Moon17
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SeedToastFern61” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeRiverMoon45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Is “Cloud-Vine-Pond51” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 10.🔐 “Diya.Mango.72” 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
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast@seed@mango@40 (b) Iloveyou!Brick42
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogmangolakeship (b) cloud-toast-fern-15
- 14.🔐 “cornplumneemtiger” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou57”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Password-Mango33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemLeafFrog72 (b) lamptigerbellrain
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai@toast@fern@21 (b) Admin-Kite19
- 19.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick!Corn!Plum40 (b) frogcorntoastsand
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Lamp42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “nestshiptoast68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou.Brick38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 “Welcome#Toast29” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “BellFernLotus57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun.Seed.61 (b) kite#tiger#drum#74
- 28.🔐 Is “Password#Mango15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverLeafNest45”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 “Kabir@Frog@80” 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
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan.Boat.58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Fern.11” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lamp!River!Frog87 (b) sandgoldtoast89
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel!Tent!Shell78 (b) Admin.Gold21
- 35.🔐 Is “Leaf!80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “GoldLakeShell84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin.Ship47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “Rohan@Gold@73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
Answer key
- 4
- risky
- strong
- Sand@Ship@Pond19
- 9
- 3
- 3
- strong
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- emojis
- toast@seed@mango@40
- cloud-toast-fern-15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- has a common word
- NeemLeafFrog72
- chai@toast@fern@21
- 12
- Brick!Corn!Plum40
- 4
- 15
- 16
- has a common word
- strong
- 10
- kite#tiger#drum#74
- weak
- 15
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
- Lamp!River!Frog87
- Wheel!Tent!Shell78
- weak
- 3
- 12
- 8
- 2
- has a name or year
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