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 is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 2.🔐 Is “Password#Rain44” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 3.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandSeedCorn26 (b) Lotus@67
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “ship#pond#sand#55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 “Rohan@Neem@15” 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
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lamp.80” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Sand.67” 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
- 8.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 9.🔐 “Tiger_35” 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
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) admin18 (b) Plum-Frog-Toast26
- 11.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) risky (b) safe (c) smart (d) required
- 12.🔢 How many characters are in “lotus#shell#river#11”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 13.🔐 “boatmangosandneem” 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 “plumleafneemhill”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 15.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 16.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog#Moon#2012”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou#Tent51 (b) LotusFrogVine21
- 18.🔐 Is “Drum_Sand_2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “lakeneemnestboat” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Bell@Chai@Wheel13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ship.50 (b) River#Shell#Neem15
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Brick_Wolf_Mango34 (b) Kabir2017
- 23.🔐 “Lake#22” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) rainhillshellpond (b) Cloud#Lotus#Rain85
- 26.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestlakedust87” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Lake@Rain@2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “hillchaimoonvine”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “chai.sand.tiger.13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornWolfCloud82” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 “Wheel_55” 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
- 32.🔐 “Nisha#Leaf#79” 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.🔐 “Tiger-83” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 34.🔐 Is “Lotus-Fern-Rain73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 “Letmein!Hill10” 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
- 36.🔐 Is “FrogToastTent29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha.Moon.38”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔐 “Diya#Seed#19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampTigerNest33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 “frogbellcloud40” 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
Answer key
- emojis
- weak
- SandSeedCorn26
- 3
- has a name or year
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 12
- shorter than 12
- Plum-Frog-Toast26
- risky
- 20
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 16
- 3
- 14
- LotusFrogVine21
- weak
- 1
- 17
- River#Shell#Neem15
- Brick_Wolf_Mango34
- shorter than 12
- 9
- Cloud#Lotus#Rain85
- 2
- 4
- 16
- 18
- 3
- shorter than 12
- has a name or year
- shorter than 12
- strong
- has a common word
- strong
- 13
- has a name or year
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
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