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) Lake@Hill@2010 (b) fern@nest@cloud@34
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty66” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya!Shell!83” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Is “Qwerty.Corn83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf.14” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern@River@Pearl76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Diya-Tiger-65” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 8.🔐 Is “Iloveyou!Sand44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
- 10.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) symbols (b) emojis (c) capital letters (d) digits
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 6
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “Welcome.Lotus22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Tiger!Drum!2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust@Mango@2010 (b) Lake!Neem!Chai30
- 15.🔐 Is “Kabir2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 16.🔐 Is “Welcome_Wolf21” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “Qwerty.Moon87” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river!boat!lake!76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “pondcloudpearl59” 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
- 20.🔐 “rivervinetentlamp” 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
- 21.🔐 “Lake_Cloud_2018” 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
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brickshipdrum77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfShipToast55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “KitePlumDrum27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ShellRiverRain89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔐 “Ananya@Rain@83” 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
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Nest#38” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain#Ship#Drum54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem.Plum.Mango57 (b) Diya-Moon-74
- 30.🔐 “Diya-Lamp-71” 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
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “Nest@Lotus@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “admin80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “Vine-79” 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
- 35.🔐 “Rain#Shell#2017” 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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell-23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “Vihaan2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) pondmangolamp39 (b) plum#brick#sand#49
- 39.🔐 “Admin#Drum50” 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
- 40.🔐 “Meera.Tent.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
Answer key
- fern@nest@cloud@34
- 2
- 4
- weak
- 4
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- 3
- emojis
- 12
- 15
- 15
- Lake!Neem!Chai30
- weak
- weak
- has a common word
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
- 4
- Neem.Plum.Mango57
- has a name or year
- 15
- 9
- 7
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 4
- weak
- plum#brick#sand#49
- has a common word
- has a name or year
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