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) Letmein!Toast46 (b) LotusMangoWolf12
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) capital letters (d) symbols
- 3.🔐 Is “seed_lamp_toast_54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus#Nest#2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold.River.Lamp28”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlakewolfgold”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Seed!48” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tent#89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “password55”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “River-Mango-Gold28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “River@Vine@2014” 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
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 “Pearl@Neem@2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 17.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 18.🔐 “pondlaketiger89” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond!pearl!lotus!61 (b) shellfrogpond81
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell!River!Rain30 (b) iloveyou81
- 21.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 22.🔐 Is “PondGoldBrick52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou18” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Is “Vine.Gold.Nest40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 25.🔐 “Welcome-Plum51” 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
- 26.🔐 “Neem_44” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “River#19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty.Pond13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “raintentlampshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “password83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hillfroglotusbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty43 (b) Gold.Neem.Boat29
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “pondshipmangoboat”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Neem@Ship@Plum72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Qwerty_Shell39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog_Seed_2009 (b) ShipDrumBoat31
- 38.🔐 Is “Vine-Sand-2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) tiger.boat.seed.50 (b) Ishaan2009
- 40.🔐 “Vihaan_Toast_22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- LotusMangoWolf12
- emojis
- strong
- 15
- 2
- 17
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 12
- 3
- 10
- strong
- has a name or year
- 7
- has a name or year
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- pond!pearl!lotus!61
- Bell!River!Rain30
- in your head
- strong
- 2
- strong
- has a common word
- shorter than 12
- 8
- 9
- 13
- weak
- weak
- 1
- Gold.Neem.Boat29
- 17
- strong
- has a common word
- ShipDrumBoat31
- weak
- tiger.boat.seed.50
- has a name or year
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