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.🔐 “drumbellfrogship” 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
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kite#Pearl#Pond57 (b) Letmein@Gold54
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 4.🔐 “nestmangomoonlake” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 6.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) required (d) smart
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestPearlDrum10 (b) Plum.Wolf.2009
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2012 (b) lotus-kite-leaf-55
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai_Toast_Drum76 (b) Ananya2017
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Boat@Leaf@Bell67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “mangodustwheel78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Drum!63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty88 (b) Lamp.Fern.Frog35
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CloudShellBoat19” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldWolfLotus14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “Welcome@Fern61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Iloveyou@Rain32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome@Vine69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.Shell.Tent26 (b) password21
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Shell39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nisha2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Sand!18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Ishaan-Kite-55” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frograintent37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “tentpondneembell” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill!20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusRiverWolf35”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernkitemoonpond” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 “Iloveyou-Wolf22” 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
- 34.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) others can guess it
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Pond-66”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed@gold@lotus@85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteFrogLake55 (b) Welcome.Lamp57
- 38.🔐 Is “tigertoastfrog60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed_Dust_Gold29 (b) admin57
- 40.🔐 Is “RainNeemHill20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- fewer than 3 kinds
- Kite#Pearl#Pond57
- 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- risky
- 10
- NestPearlDrum10
- lotus-kite-leaf-55
- Chai_Toast_Drum76
- 4
- 16
- emojis
- 13
- Lamp.Fern.Frog35
- 3
- 15
- weak
- 4
- 14
- Cloud.Shell.Tent26
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 14
- has a name or year
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- 16
- 10
- 1
- has a common word
- others can guess it
- 7
- 3
- KiteFrogLake55
- weak
- Seed_Dust_Gold29
- strong
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