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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty!Kite30 (b) MangoWheelLotus33
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-65 (b) brick.rain.gold.27
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “seeddrumchai35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill!vine!frog!14 (b) Meera2018
- 6.🔐 Is “vine.kite.dust.66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “admin82” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangovinecloudshell (b) RainSandDust58
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “vinefrogmangodrum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Pearl22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 “Letmein-Frog87” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “Tara-Hill-76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera2011 (b) pond@corn@nest@32
- 15.🔐 Is “belllotusship44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Plum!Wheel!Kite32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Is “NeemLakeMango75” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Toast.Wolf.2015 (b) toast.neem.pond.62
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn#Vine#2010 (b) Frog_Drum_Seed26
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine.Chai.Wolf20 (b) Mango@Fern@2011
- 21.🔐 Is “boat_hill_frog_32” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ship@brick@lamp@82 (b) Brick_Boat_2013
- 23.🔐 Is “Nisha2013” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 “Rain.16” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir.Toast.29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickdrumfern88 (b) Frog#Cloud#Mango55
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Hill!Boat!River15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Boat!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Nest#2008 (b) SandMangoLamp84
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya_Chai_25 (b) NeemRiverBell12
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Plum_Hill_Leaf11 (b) riverlotusbellleaf
- 32.🔐 “Ishaan#Tiger#30” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog#Toast#Drum51 (b) Mango_Wheel_2010
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfneemhilllamp” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hill-river-drum-77 (b) Lamp-55
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir.River.65”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Corn#50” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Admin@Frog68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf_63 (b) Tiger.Kite.Ship41
Answer key
- MangoWheelLotus33
- 8
- brick.rain.gold.27
- 14
- hill!vine!frog!14
- strong
- weak
- RainSandDust58
- 17
- emojis
- 4
- has a common word
- weak
- pond@corn@nest@32
- weak
- 4
- strong
- toast.neem.pond.62
- Frog_Drum_Seed26
- Vine.Chai.Wolf20
- strong
- ship@brick@lamp@82
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 4
- Frog#Cloud#Mango55
- 17
- weak
- SandMangoLamp84
- NeemRiverBell12
- Plum_Hill_Leaf11
- has a name or year
- Frog#Toast#Drum51
- 1
- hill-river-drum-77
- 7
- 14
- weak
- 12
- Tiger.Kite.Ship41
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