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.🔐 “toastcornleaf82” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand.Gold.Lamp59 (b) Wolf-59
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lakewolfsand36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Vihaan-Rain-29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Password-Rain10” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger-cloud-lamp-83 (b) riverlampsand83
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Gold!Pearl30 (b) Wolf.22
- 8.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ananya#Fern#60 (b) vine_wheel_drum_54
- 10.🔐 Is “Leaf.Dust.Plum80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 Is “Diya.Cloud.21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed_Cloud_2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “River.Gold.Plum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon!River!Lamp88 (b) Wolf-32
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “boatrivermangomoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “ShipLotusRain19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest#79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_Hill_2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Password.Vine56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf!Brick!Toast79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou55 (b) Leaf_River_Sand62
- 23.🔐 Is “FernSandMango57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “River.Dust.Pearl75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “tigerraindustlake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 27.🔐 Is “PearlRiverSand26” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔐 Is “River-Chai-Kite37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya.Neem.13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_River_Cloud52 (b) Lamp_Nest_2013
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat@30 (b) VinePlumLotus17
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “RiverDustMango32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “pearlvinefernplum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 Is “boatcornmoon23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toastcloudboatrain (b) Lotus.Mango.Cloud67
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast!88”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) nest_dust_plum_20 (b) Aarav!River!88
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty@Sand72 (b) Drum#Moon#Gold54
- 39.🔐 “sandhillleaf80” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “pond-gold-toast-10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Sand.Gold.Lamp59
- 14
- has a name or year
- 4
- tiger-cloud-lamp-83
- Rain!Gold!Pearl30
- 3
- vine_wheel_drum_54
- strong
- weak
- 15
- strong
- others can guess it
- Moon!River!Lamp88
- 18
- 15
- 7
- 4
- has a common word
- 18
- Leaf_River_Sand62
- strong
- 3
- 18
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- 12
- Fern_River_Cloud52
- VinePlumLotus17
- 16
- weak
- weak
- Lotus.Mango.Cloud67
- 8
- nest_dust_plum_20
- Drum#Moon#Gold54
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
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