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 “Ishaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Pond.Lamp.Nest48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 4.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it has symbols (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 5.🔐 Is “hill.brick.rain.59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn#76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond_34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔐 “moonhillchaitiger” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 10.🔐 Is “kite@pond@hill@71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ship-74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 14.🔐 Is “Fern_89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin!Corn19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Rohan#Tiger#42” 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
- 17.🔐 “Rain-Kite-2015” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.River.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfPondSeed26 (b) lakevinesandfrog
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Moon!27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “pearl!cloud!tiger!27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WolfBoatDrum82 (b) Saanvi.Gold.88
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai!13 (b) SandBellKite38
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) shell_mango_lake_87 (b) Kite@Pearl@2014
- 25.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) required (d) smart
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “mangohillgold76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “PondPearlLamp88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “Boat-61” 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
- 29.🔐 Is “ToastCloudNest12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “mangodrumcornchai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera#Shell#41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 “Meera_Kite_44” 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
- 33.🔐 Is “Sand-55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “Diya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “boatferncorn30” 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
- 36.🔐 “Mango.75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite@Gold@Pond63 (b) neemfernriver17
- 38.🔐 Is “vine!ship!hill!24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Is “wheel_corn_moon_52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PearlRiverLamp29 (b) riverneemshipcorn
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- 3
- others can guess it
- strong
- 3
- 4
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- emojis
- 4
- 12
- weak
- 12
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- 4
- WolfPondSeed26
- 12
- 20
- WolfBoatDrum82
- SandBellKite38
- shell_mango_lake_87
- risky
- 15
- 15
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 1
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- Kite@Gold@Pond63
- strong
- strong
- PearlRiverLamp29
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