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 “Ship_27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel-Kite-Tent70 (b) Toast-Pearl-2012
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusponddust24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leaf.kite.moon.68 (b) pearlpondwolf38
- 7.🔐 Is “goldseedfrogriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 “Aarav@Pond@46” 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
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “qwerty17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein.Seed60 (b) KiteRainShip18
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Shell.Plum15 (b) qwerty35
- 12.🔐 Is “Frog_53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 Is “Rain_Kite_2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) sand#river#kite#45 (b) Password-Tent56
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakelotuspearlwheel” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) digits
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “Welcome#Drum41” 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
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav@Rain@69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake#82 (b) lotus_kite_tiger_51
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “sand_fern_lamp_41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastwolftiger51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔐 “Rain_73” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) River@Wheel@2011 (b) Lamp.Seed.Nest87
- 27.🔐 “Neem@Leaf@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BoatLampRiver70” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password23 (b) Hill@Lake@Moon59
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillMangoShip71 (b) Password-Sand33
- 31.🔐 Is “Admin#Lake74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔐 Is “tentwheelcloud83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Wheel-22 (b) MoonTigerVine49
- 35.🔐 “riverseedboatlake” 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
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) CornTentSand42 (b) Qwerty-Fern34
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “wolf@moon@toast@20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango.Wheel.2015 (b) Drum-Neem-River29
- 39.🔐 Is “pearl!shell!lotus!33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “Diya.Seed.73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- 4
- Wheel-Kite-Tent70
- 15
- 8
- others can guess it
- leaf.kite.moon.68
- weak
- has a name or year
- 8
- KiteRainShip18
- Chai.Shell.Plum15
- weak
- weak
- sand#river#kite#45
- 3
- 1
- 2
- emojis
- 10
- has a common word
- 4
- lotus_kite_tiger_51
- 3
- 2
- shorter than 12
- Lamp.Seed.Nest87
- has a name or year
- 3
- Hill@Lake@Moon59
- HillMangoShip71
- weak
- 7
- weak
- MoonTigerVine49
- fewer than 3 kinds
- CornTentSand42
- 18
- Drum-Neem-River29
- strong
- weak
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