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 password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vihaan2015 (b) TentLotusBrick64
- 2.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) smart (c) risky (d) safe
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillsandlamptoast (b) Fern#Cloud#Ship45
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Saanvi2013” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔐 Is “shipcorncloudshell” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔐 Is “admin80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password_Pearl64 (b) River!Cloud!Wolf59
- 9.🔐 “bellleaftentdrum” 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
- 10.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it is too long (c) it is hard to type (d) it has symbols
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteCloudPearl28 (b) Password.Lamp28
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 “shipkitedrum62” 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
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum@toast@neem@71 (b) Boat_75
- 16.🔐 “lakerainplum82” 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
- 17.🔐 Is “brickdustlotus42” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🔐 “bricklotustiger33” 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
- 19.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) emojis (d) digits
- 20.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “brick!pond!wolf!39” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Frog-2014 (b) dust.wheel.kite.28
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “Arjun-Fern-49”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔐 Is “lamp@pearl@river@68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 24.🔐 “goldbricklotus73” 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
- 25.🔐 “River@16” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “letmein13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shiprainleaf27” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “vine#hill#river#27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
- 30.🔐 “Letmein@Frog26” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 31.🔐 “Admin#Plum76” 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
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Nest.Frog.2011 (b) Lotus.Mango.Leaf21
- 33.🔐 Is “Password#Moon43” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 34.🔐 Is “hill#lamp#seed#22” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Fern_Plum_Lamp48 (b) Ananya2017
- 36.🔐 Is “Kite@Neem@2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 37.🔐 “Aarav.Wheel.42” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 38.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
- 39.🔐 “River-87” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “frogchailake26” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- TentLotusBrick64
- risky
- 2
- Fern#Cloud#Ship45
- 3
- weak
- weak
- River!Cloud!Wolf59
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- 9
- KiteCloudPearl28
- 2
- fewer than 3 kinds
- drum@toast@neem@71
- fewer than 3 kinds
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- 3
- dust.wheel.kite.28
- 13
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- 9
- 2
- strong
- 12
- has a common word
- has a common word
- Lotus.Mango.Leaf21
- weak
- strong
- Fern_Plum_Lamp48
- weak
- has a name or year
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 2
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids