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 “Kite#Cloud#Hill87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Toast#Lamp#2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lamp@wheel@drum@43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog-Pond-2018 (b) Nest_Chai_Cloud78
- 7.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LeafTigerKite88” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell#Toast#Rain21 (b) Chai-50
- 9.🔐 Is “rainbellmangodrum” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya@Tiger@29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Bell@Wolf@Shell25 (b) Mango-52
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Shell#Lotus#River28 (b) moonwolfplum17
- 13.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) leafriverwheeldust (b) Lake#Nest#Moon70
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “Toast#10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl#12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Letmein#Mango30”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Neem-Wheel-2016” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Saanvi!Brick!32 (b) Toast@Plum@Dust22
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “DustNeemTiger20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ishaan2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “Mango#Lake#2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern@tiger@lamp@43 (b) Hill-Brick-2018
- 25.🔐 Is “pearl#bell#gold#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Neem_Seed_2017 (b) SandLampPlum58
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav-Nest-16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “Nisha-Rain-58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell.Ship.River73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 Is “fern-lake-frog-43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand-16” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brick-leaf-rain-26 (b) Letmein@Sand10
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Tiger!42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “kiteriverfern62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🔐 Is “Pearl-36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “Fern@26” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “chaicornmangoseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “vinenestwheelmango” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakeplumwheel78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- strong
- risky
- 4
- 3
- 3
- Nest_Chai_Cloud78
- 3
- Bell#Toast#Rain21
- weak
- 4
- Bell@Wolf@Shell25
- Shell#Lotus#River28
- 7
- Lake#Nest#Moon70
- 8
- 4
- 15
- emojis
- 4
- Toast@Plum@Dust22
- 15
- 3
- weak
- fern@tiger@lamp@43
- strong
- SandLampPlum58
- 4
- weak
- 17
- strong
- 4
- brick-leaf-rain-26
- 8
- weak
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- 17
- 1
- 2
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