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.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 2.🔐 “bricklamplotus88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “Aarav2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) symbols (c) capital letters (d) emojis
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus.Rain.Boat46 (b) Diya2015
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Hill_50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Pond@Hill@2018” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔐 “Arjun-Lake-14” 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
- 9.🔐 Is “Mango-Lake-Dust30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) toast#rain#mango#10 (b) Tara2013
- 11.🔐 Is “BrickBellLotus24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Is “moonhillkite40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship-wolf-shell-54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Is “cloudtigershiprain” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Admin.Pearl34” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “pearltenthill18” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Cloud#Ship#2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) frogsandlakegold (b) Leaf#Nest#Toast13
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “DrumLampCorn32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp@River@2011” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 “Letmein!Tiger18” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 22.🔐 “boatshipseedmoon” 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
- 23.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon-Neem-Tiger86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “brick-tent-toast-69”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lampdrumboattent” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “kitedrumcloudship”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 “bellriverlamp37” 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
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “DrumLotusPearl53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) gold!tent!neem!56 (b) bellcornseed25
- 31.🔐 Is “Admin#Dust66” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 “rainkitetent40” 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
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) iloveyou67 (b) gold@cloud@drum@55
- 34.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Aarav-Plum-28 (b) kite#wheel#chai#85
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Seed!Sand!Frog48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 “Tiger_13” 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
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfTigerNeem74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitetigermangoship” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lamp@Cloud@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- risky
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 9
- emojis
- Lotus.Rain.Boat46
- 4
- has a name or year
- has a name or year
- strong
- toast#rain#mango#10
- strong
- weak
- 3
- weak
- has a common word
- weak
- weak
- Leaf#Nest#Toast13
- 14
- 4
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 4
- 19
- 1
- 17
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- gold!tent!neem!56
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- gold@cloud@drum@55
- 12
- kite#wheel#chai#85
- 16
- shorter than 12
- 3
- 1
- 15
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