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) Cloud_Drum_Fern38 (b) goldlamppond23
- 2.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 3.🔐 “lampriverwolf21” 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
- 4.🔐 “Chai.33” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river_nest_lotus_25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 “bellshipcornneem” 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
- 7.🔐 “Vihaan#Neem#56” 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
- 8.🔐 Is “Dust#Neem#Toast57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “mango_toast_nest_65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@Lotus@Lamp62 (b) Fern-30
- 11.🔐 “Lake@28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick_leaf_toast_52” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Is “Cloud@Moon@Hill53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.69 (b) cloud_toast_bell_46
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “chai_lotus_pond_43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Cloud.Kite.Fern83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Arjun2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand!Rain!Leaf29 (b) Tiger_29
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Leaf#River34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship#River#Moon75 (b) dustneemwheelwolf
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold!brick!toast!58 (b) Kabir2011
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Frog.Moon.2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pond_nest_lake_80 (b) Nest@Lotus@2010
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wheel.70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “gold.lamp.drum.30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfgoldnestcorn” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔐 Is “Lake@Fern@Plum19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 28.🔐 “ferncornwolf29” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 31.🔐 “sandbricktentwolf” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Plum-34 (b) Lotus_River_Frog73
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav2013 (b) Bell.Pearl.Chai28
- 35.🔐 Is “MoonChaiSeed47” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 “Dust!45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold@Pond@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake@Corn@River51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera.Cloud.70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- Cloud_Drum_Fern38
- others can guess it
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- strong
- strong
- Leaf@Lotus@Lamp62
- shorter than 12
- 3
- strong
- cloud_toast_bell_46
- 18
- strong
- weak
- Sand!Rain!Leaf29
- 4
- Ship#River#Moon75
- gold!brick!toast!58
- 4
- pond_nest_lake_80
- 4
- 17
- 1
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Lotus_River_Frog73
- 10
- Bell.Pearl.Chai28
- strong
- shorter than 12
- 14
- 17
- 4
- 7
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