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.🔢 How many characters are in “Wolf#Pond#2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “brickpearlhill27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein-Ship67” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf#Tiger#2014 (b) chai!brick!bell!28
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin36” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 7.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp.cloud.chai.82 (b) Meera#Gold#55
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl_Drum_Wolf86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “pearlkiteleafdust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔐 Is “RiverCornBell14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfleaflamp34”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 Is “Ananya-Chai-71” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty58”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampfrogfern65 (b) neem.wolf.lamp.74
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2009 (b) Corn-Lake-Boat62
- 18.🔐 “toastdustlotus77” 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
- 19.🔐 Is “brick-cloud-nest-23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Is “bellriverdrumcloud” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “BoatSandHill89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “dustcorngoldchai”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔢 How many characters are in “kitedrumgold32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Admin-Ship16 (b) Toast#Kite#Bell11
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed.Boat.Sand13 (b) River_Mango_2010
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Brick!Toast!2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 “Lake!43” 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
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “rainsandwheel74”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.50 (b) Drum_Chai_Rain67
- 30.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) in your head (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Kabir2018” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Bell.Moon14 (b) rainpearlboatgold
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tara-Nest-24 (b) LakeRainFern36
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “cornkitefroglake”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “Neem-Rain-Kite86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Ananya-Tiger-64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “tentdrumcorn56” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai_17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Letmein!Shell79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lake-neem-drum-58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- 14
- 16
- 4
- chai!brick!bell!28
- 2
- 3
- 12
- lamp.cloud.chai.82
- 4
- 17
- strong
- 14
- weak
- 8
- neem.wolf.lamp.74
- 2
- Corn-Lake-Boat62
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- weak
- 14
- 16
- 14
- Toast#Kite#Bell11
- Seed.Boat.Sand13
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 15
- Drum_Chai_Rain67
- in your head
- 3
- Pond.Bell.Moon14
- LakeRainFern36
- 16
- strong
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- weak
- 3
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