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 “Neem@11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔐 Is “Lamp@Mango@2009” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 4.🔐 Is “Leaf-Fern-Kite22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Diya2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “BellDrumNeem86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 7.🔐 “Plum!Dust!2011” 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
- 8.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is too long (d) it is hard to type
- 9.🔐 Is “Letmein@Mango30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 10.🔐 Is “Neem.River.2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “rain!frog!dust!56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandShellBell39 (b) drumvinefrog83
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern@74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “Tara@Fern@86” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 15.🔢 How many characters are in “river@gold@corn@27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn@Nest@2009” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Drum_Wheel_Wolf65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lakepearlfrogmango (b) Pearl.Lotus.Corn37
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain#Frog#Dust36”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Fern#19 (b) cloud#hill#neem#28
- 21.🔐 “seedlaketigersand” 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
- 22.🔐 Is “Aarav2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 23.🔐 Is “Brick.Lake.Gold81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 Is “Aarav2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “FrogWolfNest68”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) SandSeedChai62 (b) Nest#23
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “river@tent@pearl@12” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔢 How many characters are in “bellhilllotusmoon”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 29.🔐 Is “Ishaan-Pearl-80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 30.🔐 Is “frog!neem!brick!59” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tent@Frog@Rain49 (b) Lamp_69
- 32.🔐 “Nisha!Moon!36” 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
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “nestshiplotusplum” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Letmein_Dust50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “corn_kite_boat_27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “cloud#plum#moon#32”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoNestShell78 (b) Aarav2008
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou46”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “kiteseedbell73” 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
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Aarav!Tent!29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- weak
- 12
- strong
- 3
- 3
- has a name or year
- others can guess it
- weak
- weak
- strong
- SandShellBell39
- 4
- has a name or year
- 18
- 4
- 4
- Pearl.Lotus.Corn37
- 16
- cloud#hill#neem#28
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- strong
- weak
- 14
- SandSeedChai62
- 3
- 17
- weak
- strong
- Tent@Frog@Rain49
- has a name or year
- 1
- 4
- 17
- 18
- MangoNestShell78
- 10
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids