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 characters are in “letmein39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Tiger-Cloud89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Sand#Bell#Cloud44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 “Password_Gold69” 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
- 5.🔐 Is “Iloveyou#River52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 Is “Nest.Dust.Plum61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 “Nest@45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 Is “letmein80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) smart (d) safe
- 10.🔐 “Neem!47” 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
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipWheelRiver58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Moon.Mango25 (b) Ship@Wheel@2011
- 13.🔐 “lotusraintoast24” 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
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Chai43 (b) lamp.kite.moon.87
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem-Vine-2010 (b) SandLampWheel73
- 16.🔐 Is “rain@cloud@gold@82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir.Lamp.50 (b) Ship-River-Vine45
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake_chai_lotus_25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Is “Neem-72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 21.🔐 “Password@Corn81” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 24.🔐 “Drum!Rain!2015” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 25.🔐 Is “dustmoonbrick37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River.23 (b) kite.lotus.river.18
- 27.🔐 “Arjun!Shell!75” 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
- 28.🔐 Is “Shell-Kite-Lamp87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud#lotus#corn#62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “lakemoonvine80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “vine.ship.seed.56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) kitelampwheelship (b) ShipBoatFern49
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl!Pond!Dust27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “frogbellhill27” 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
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick@Gold@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_River61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Lake@65” 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
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine_Mango_Drum81 (b) Password@Leaf46
Answer key
- 9
- 18
- strong
- has a common word
- weak
- strong
- shorter than 12
- weak
- risky
- shorter than 12
- 16
- Lotus.Moon.Mango25
- fewer than 3 kinds
- lamp.kite.moon.87
- SandLampWheel73
- strong
- Ship-River-Vine45
- 3
- weak
- 12
- has a common word
- 3
- emojis
- has a name or year
- weak
- kite.lotus.river.18
- has a name or year
- strong
- 19
- weak
- 17
- 3
- ShipBoatFern49
- 9
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- 16
- shorter than 12
- Vine_Mango_Drum81
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