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.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun2008” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “shiplamptiger24” 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 “mangochaibell24” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty82 (b) ToastDrumSeed43
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) plumlakekitepearl (b) CloudFrogLeaf21
- 6.🔐 “boatmangoriver21” 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
- 7.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 8.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “toastbellseedplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 9.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) others can guess it (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 10.🔐 Is “Ananya2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 11.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
- 12.🔐 “Vihaan_Drum_26” 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
- 13.🔐 Is “DrumChaiBell52” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) LeafLakeLamp45 (b) Moon_Pond_2009
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan2018 (b) Nest_Neem_Bell70
- 16.🔐 Is “Kite-23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel@Brick@Chai59 (b) Kite@54
- 18.🔐 “toastcorntiger88” 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
- 19.🔐 “wolfboatfroggold” 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
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2016”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl#Vine#Frog22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) symbols (c) digits (d) capital letters
- 23.🔐 “mangolakedust58” 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
- 24.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernGoldKite22” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@Lake@Gold71”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Ishaan!Drum!24”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai.12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Bell!Cloud!2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Admin.Leaf60” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “wolfkitedrumnest”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent#Sand#Vine38 (b) Lake-23
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou.Drum20”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) goldseedbrickboat (b) nest!drum!sand!17
- 35.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) safe (c) risky (d) smart
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond.69” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum-73”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “HillBellKite46” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riversandchai51 (b) CloudLakeRiver39
- 40.🔐 “Saanvi@Lamp@22” 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
Answer key
- 3
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- ToastDrumSeed43
- CloudFrogLeaf21
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 1
- others can guess it
- weak
- 12
- has a name or year
- strong
- LeafLakeLamp45
- Nest_Neem_Bell70
- weak
- Wheel@Brick@Chai59
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 10
- 17
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 3
- 9
- 17
- 14
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 16
- Tent#Sand#Vine38
- 15
- nest!drum!sand!17
- risky
- 4
- 7
- 3
- CloudLakeRiver39
- has a name or year
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids