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.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 2.🔐 Is “Drum@Lamp@Wolf83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir2011 (b) WolfRiverFrog49
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “drumboatwolf12”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River#Corn#Sand86 (b) Diya!Tiger!80
- 6.🔐 Is “tent_drum_lamp_19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudTentKite43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 “River_Vine_2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 9.🔐 Is “drumfernhillbell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango@Gold@2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 “nestneemdrum66” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Seed@2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp_11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake!Plum!Boat12 (b) Frog.Boat.2018
- 15.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 16.🔐 “corntoastlotus44” 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
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Dust.52”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Brick-2014 (b) bell!tent!vine!47
- 19.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Nest52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 21.🔐 “cornplumwolf21” 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
- 22.🔐 “lampneemseed32” 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
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Welcome!Bell56 (b) BrickNestTent18
- 26.🔐 Is “toast.mango.boat.68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem-Chai-Moon80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem_vine_mango_46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “Letmein#Lotus47” 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
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 31.🔐 Is “Lake-78” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔐 “Cloud@37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 33.🔐 Is “mangofrogfernlotus” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “PlumMoonMango24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 “Hill-50” 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
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “pondgoldship63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern.rain.ship.89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan.Rain.82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Cloud-58” 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
- 40.🔐 Is “lake-hill-chai-22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 3
- strong
- WolfRiverFrog49
- 14
- River#Corn#Sand86
- strong
- 3
- has a name or year
- weak
- 15
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 7
- Lake!Plum!Boat12
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 7
- bell!tent!vine!47
- weak
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 2
- BrickNestTent18
- strong
- 16
- 3
- has a common word
- 12
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 15
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 3
- 14
- shorter than 12
- strong
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