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 “Corn.Kite.Tiger67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 3.🔐 Is “Neem_Cloud_Brick28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem.45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin85” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2008 (b) Chai!Moon!Dust11
- 7.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Chai.Brick.2010 (b) Chai-Tent-Lamp23
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) river@gold@lotus@77 (b) welcome50
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2014”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Hill@Lamp@Pearl52 (b) brickwolfship75
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wheelleafplum48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 “kitechaicloud67” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger-Leaf-Dust61”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “bell-shell-pond-59”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “lake!fern!tiger!73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) PlumCloudHill42 (b) shelltentgolddust
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Seed@Fern@Vine11” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “admin11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Is “goldseedboat55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Drum#Nest56 (b) Diya2010
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lotus_Plum_Tiger63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “lakefrogseed89” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Is “Lotus-72” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔐 Is “Kite#Toast#Wheel37” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 “wheelshellhillplum” 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
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship-Cloud-Wolf43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustmangocorncloud” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 “leafkitetentsand” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fernlampneembrick (b) cloud-shell-toast-74
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf.Drum.2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill@Moon@2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Arjun2010 (b) Shell.Leaf.Wheel78
- 36.🔐 Is “bell_drum_sand_31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) seedtentchaiplum (b) neem.mango.leaf.14
- 38.🔐 “lakerivertiger15” 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
- 39.🔐 Is “shell!river!fern!48” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya2012 (b) toast!seed!wheel!40
Answer key
- strong
- 12
- strong
- 4
- 2
- Chai!Moon!Dust11
- Chai-Tent-Lamp23
- river@gold@lotus@77
- 10
- 3
- Hill@Lamp@Pearl52
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 18
- 18
- PlumCloudHill42
- 4
- 7
- weak
- Shell#Drum#Nest56
- 4
- weak
- weak
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 17
- 1
- fewer than 3 kinds
- cloud-shell-toast-74
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- Shell.Leaf.Wheel78
- strong
- neem.mango.leaf.14
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- toast!seed!wheel!40
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