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.🔐 Is “PearlTigerCloud49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin#Neem80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent!Kite!Toast30 (b) frogdrumleafkite
- 4.🔐 Is “toast!dust!neem!77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔐 “boatsandpearl46” 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
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “ShellDrumBrick69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “shell_cloud_neem_77”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 “Fern-22” 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 “Lake!Tiger!Kite40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 “Neem-24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 11.🔐 Is “NeemGoldToast16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “leafwheelbell17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome11 (b) WheelPearlLamp72
- 15.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) capital letters (c) emojis (d) digits
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 “moonwolfplumnest” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SeedPondKite75 (b) fernkitebell17
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sandneemship10 (b) chai-pearl-boat-32
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) wolf!boat!pond!89 (b) iloveyou23
- 21.🔐 “Lotus-54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔐 Is “wheelneemfrogpearl” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum-Neem-Seed58” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shipleafbellrain” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 Is “drum@cloud@vine@63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Cloud-Moon-2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) ChaiDustLotus67 (b) dustcloudnest17
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolf.boat.lamp.12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Is “NeemShipDrum10” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Is “wheel!boat!river!62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “plumsandgold75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog-53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Rohan2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 “Bell_62” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “NestShipSeed23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Is “Ishaan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 39.🔐 “pondriverfrog49” 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
- 40.🔐 “mangopearlvine61” 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
Answer key
- strong
- 4
- Tent!Kite!Toast30
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- 19
- shorter than 12
- strong
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 2
- 12
- WheelPearlLamp72
- emojis
- 9
- fewer than 3 kinds
- SeedPondKite75
- chai-pearl-boat-32
- wolf!boat!pond!89
- shorter than 12
- weak
- 4
- 1
- strong
- 15
- ChaiDustLotus67
- 3
- 3
- strong
- strong
- 14
- 7
- weak
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 8
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
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