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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Leaf@32 (b) DustNestWheel28
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 “Meera!Mango!58” 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
- 4.🔐 “moontigertent13” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 5.🔐 Is “neem_seed_vine_87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 6.🔐 “wheelfernfrog67” 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
- 7.🔐 “Pearl#Rain#2013” 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
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BrickVineSeed68” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum.vine.tiger.33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 “cloudshelllamp58” 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
- 11.🔐 “Frog.12” 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
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf#Tent#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “bell-pearl-leaf-28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “bellnestchaileaf”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) HillVineTiger48 (b) Kabir.Corn.34
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lamp-toast-plum-49 (b) Dust#62
- 19.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 2
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteChaiPond30 (b) cornriverplumhill
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Chai-Lotus-Kite13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “Drum.31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “lampdrumtentnest” 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
- 25.🔐 Is “moonchaitent21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Is “CloudSandLamp15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger_Rain_Dust75” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 “cloudtentship87” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-lamp-pearl-28 (b) Neem-75
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumNestRiver83 (b) Ananya2009
- 32.🔐 Is “Neem_Toast_2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 33.🔐 Is “Leaf!Frog!2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 “Aarav-Pond-27” 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
- 35.🔐 “Lake-74” 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
- 36.🔐 “mangolakerain53” 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
- 37.🔐 “Aarav!Pond!69” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteFernLotus34 (b) Lamp-76
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Gold!Leaf!Ship17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “qwerty68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- DustNestWheel28
- 3
- has a name or year
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 3
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 3
- 12
- 16
- HillVineTiger48
- 3
- lamp-toast-plum-49
- 3
- 7
- KiteChaiPond30
- 17
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- brick-lamp-pearl-28
- DrumNestRiver83
- weak
- weak
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- KiteFernLotus34
- 4
- weak
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