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.🔐 “Vihaan@Corn@88” 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
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Lamp52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “lamphillplum46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 “mangodustlamp89” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “PearlLotusFern88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai-Lotus-2016 (b) River-Drum-Bell25
- 8.🔐 Is “iloveyou47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan@Chai@32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan-Tiger-20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Is “Hill@Shell@2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “NestMangoSeed48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “frog-sand-rain-48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem@Leaf@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon#Kite#Tiger12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) safe (c) required (d) risky
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickvinecloudlamp (b) cloud#wolf#river#45
- 19.🔐 “Leaf#Lotus#2013” 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
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Pond.Neem33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WheelFernSeed30” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Is “lotus#river#vine#59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernpondseed12 (b) lamp#dust#pearl#80
- 24.🔐 “Qwerty-Shell50” 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
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Brick_Gold_2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “moonmangotiger80” 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
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “admin23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome10 (b) WolfPondRiver49
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger-Vine-2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@81”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi@Mango@86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan2010 (b) Tent!Lamp!Leaf85
- 35.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl.29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 36.🔐 “Meera@Wolf@21” 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
- 37.🔐 “cloudhillwheelnest” 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
- 38.🔐 Is “hill_pearl_rain_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2016 (b) moon_gold_cloud_74
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a name or year
- 14
- 12
- 14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- River-Drum-Bell25
- weak
- 14
- 4
- weak
- strong
- 17
- 14
- 17
- 2
- risky
- cloud#wolf#river#45
- has a name or year
- 4
- 3
- strong
- lamp#dust#pearl#80
- has a common word
- 4
- emojis
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- WolfPondRiver49
- 4
- 7
- 15
- Tent!Lamp!Leaf85
- 4
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- moon_gold_cloud_74
- 9
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