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 kinds of characters does “Diya2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango.Brick.Pearl21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “Seed!Corn!Shell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔐 Is “kite-brick-wheel-55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Welcome-Leaf42” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteDrumRiver41 (b) Sand@26
- 7.🔐 “Password-Moon73” 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
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “password62”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “WheelPondBoat57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumTigerBrick14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Is “sand!toast!shell!42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou85”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Is “LakeNestGold61” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Password!Neem13” 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
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “nestlotusvine25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolfchaitoastpond (b) brick#lake#mango#60
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya.Hill.28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “SandWheelLeaf49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafcloudtentlake” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) smart (c) required (d) risky
- 22.🔐 “Password@Frog13” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Fern-Gold-Nest37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “shipmangoboat26”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “Arjun2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 “lampplumshipchai” 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
- 28.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoLeafMoon56 (b) Meera2011
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand@14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sandfernvine82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent@Dust@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Is “MangoKitePearl64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Aarav@Leaf@65” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud.hill.frog.59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “seedmoontentboat” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaifrogwolf29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Kabir-Fern-29 (b) Lotus-Shell-Wolf89
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Tiger_Shell_Toast44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 3
- 19
- strong
- strong
- 4
- KiteDrumRiver41
- has a common word
- 12
- 10
- strong
- 16
- strong
- 10
- strong
- has a common word
- 15
- brick#lake#mango#60
- 4
- 3
- 1
- risky
- has a common word
- strong
- emojis
- 15
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoLeafMoon56
- 4
- 2
- 14
- strong
- weak
- 18
- weak
- 2
- 2
- Lotus-Shell-Wolf89
- 2
- strong
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