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 “Aarav_Toast_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Password_Lotus13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “Pond.56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin35 (b) rain@fern@lotus@66
- 5.🔐 Is “rain#shell#lake#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 Is “Vihaan2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.57” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir#Tent#66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) required (c) safe (d) risky
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “tigerfernhill65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “NestLampDust63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kite.Chai.Frog13” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Admin@Corn83” 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
- 15.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 16.🔐 Is “chai.brick.shell.67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya!Moon!50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🎂 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
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi!Kite!43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “dust@pearl@kite@25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi@Pond@27 (b) moon!fern!pearl!75
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) neem.pearl.wheel.17 (b) admin66
- 24.🔐 “Letmein!Boat51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 Is “Vine!Neem!2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “Drum.76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dusthillneemfrog” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “seedhillshipplum” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine@67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “cloud-bell-tiger-54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaibellcloudkite” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “River#50” 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
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent!41 (b) Chai_Seed_Tiger27
- 36.🔐 Is “iloveyou54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “welcome88” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Moon@Tiger@River37 (b) Iloveyou-Leaf11
- 39.🔐 “River.32” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Rain@75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 14
- 16
- shorter than 12
- rain@fern@lotus@66
- strong
- weak
- 4
- 4
- risky
- 2
- 2
- strong
- 4
- has a common word
- 12
- strong
- 4
- others can guess it
- 4
- strong
- moon!fern!pearl!75
- emojis
- neem.pearl.wheel.17
- has a common word
- weak
- weak
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- strong
- 1
- 2
- shorter than 12
- 9
- Chai_Seed_Tiger27
- weak
- weak
- Moon@Tiger@River37
- shorter than 12
- 4
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