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) Rohan2017 (b) neem#shell#kite#78
- 2.🔐 “Brick@Lake@2014” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔐 Is “fern@gold@dust@14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Seed@88 (b) Gold.Lotus.Toast76
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Dust_Fern_Lake75 (b) sandriverleaf28
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pearl.brick.lake.25” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Tent!Mango!Drum25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Pond.2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 10.🔐 Is “Seed#Tiger#Lake63” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell#Sand#2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Leaf_19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 13.🔐 “Vine_River_2017” 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
- 14.🔢 How many characters are in “brickrivervinedust”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav!Tiger!89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔐 Is “Boat.Ship.2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum#pond#seed#26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Wolf!Cloud!Gold16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔐 “Letmein!Tent70” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 20.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandShellDrum28 (b) Cloud!Bell!2015
- 22.🔐 Is “Ananya2010” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) it is too long
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LotusBoatLeaf20 (b) River@Neem@2013
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FrogKiteNeem73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fern.moon.dust.72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “welcome46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem!Shell!Sand51”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 31.🔐 “Bell-61” 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
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “admin43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Plum-Nest17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔢 How many characters are in “corn!moon!plum!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 35.🔐 Is “FernKiteDrum60” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotuscloudboat20 (b) Lamp@Rain@Hill74
- 37.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) capital letters
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou53”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “dustplumtoastbell” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “Corn-Mango-Chai39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- neem#shell#kite#78
- has a name or year
- strong
- Gold.Lotus.Toast76
- Dust_Fern_Lake75
- 3
- 10
- strong
- 14
- strong
- 14
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- 18
- 14
- weak
- 3
- 4
- has a common word
- 12
- SandShellDrum28
- weak
- others can guess it
- LotusBoatLeaf20
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 17
- 3
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 7
- 17
- 17
- strong
- Lamp@Rain@Hill74
- emojis
- 10
- 1
- strong
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