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.🔐 “Neem-Moon-2010” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CloudLakeShip29 (b) Password.Pond17
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillfroglotus43 (b) MangoRainNest66
- 4.🔐 “Welcome-Hill24” 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
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “DustToastKite17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@71” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Tara@Fern@70”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Neem-Lamp-Cloud60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell_lamp_dust_57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome_Kite39 (b) plum#lamp#drum#29
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum@Kite@Bell20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Shell_41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Gold#35” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 15.🔐 “Diya#Wheel#79” 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
- 16.🔐 “tigerlakeclouddust” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “Kite#28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond@hill@mango@42 (b) shellbellwolf51
- 19.🔐 Is “Fern!Sand!Corn81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome18 (b) kite-sand-moon-14
- 21.🔐 Is “Rohan2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 22.🔐 Is “admin44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 “chaishipsand41” 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
- 24.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “nestwolfbellmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LakeBrickCloud67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) risky (c) smart (d) required
- 30.🔐 “cornraintiger84” 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
- 31.🔐 Is “VineLotusSeed20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 Is “welcome12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Chai.Corn.Neem32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Password@Kite21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp@leaf@bell@52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “BrickBoatHill43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “boat@lotus@kite@10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “LampTentRiver48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Nisha2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan@Lamp@20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- has a name or year
- CloudLakeShip29
- MangoRainNest66
- has a common word
- 15
- 4
- 12
- strong
- 3
- 3
- plum#lamp#drum#29
- 4
- 4
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- pond@hill@mango@42
- strong
- kite-sand-moon-14
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 12
- 16
- 10
- emojis
- 3
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- strong
- 15
- 3
- 15
- 18
- 15
- weak
- 4
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