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) lotusneemplumhill (b) Ship!Corn!Kite85
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔢 How many characters are in “lakeshipshell39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 4.🔐 “Moon_53” 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
- 5.🔐 “wolfbrickneem19” 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
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 7.🔐 “Nest-57” 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
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “Corn.Cloud.2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Ananya#Ship#21” 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) Tiger.76 (b) CloudSandShell28
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou!Lotus30 (b) shell@drum@lamp@48
- 12.🔐 Is “Sand-27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 13.🔐 “toastcorngoldcloud” 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
- 14.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “letmein54” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Ishaan-Hill-51 (b) River@Moon@Plum10
- 16.🔐 Is “boat.gold.kite.36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Is “Tent!Shell!Lamp74” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 18.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
- 19.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine#Boat#Fern86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 20.🔐 “rainmangoship48” 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
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentShellVine43 (b) kitegoldlotusneem
- 22.🔐 “leaftoastfern82” 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.🔐 “chailotusmoontoast” 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
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) MangoMoonSand26 (b) sandleafwheeltent
- 25.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pondbellvinesand” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 26.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan!Plum!19”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 27.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger!53 (b) Brick!Drum!Lotus45
- 28.🔐 “lotuswolftent33” 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
- 29.🔐 “Diya-Lake-80” 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
- 30.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 31.🔢 How many characters are in “password78”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 32.🔢 How many characters are in “Vine_63”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “shellmangolamppond”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “Wolf@Gold@Toast29” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “shellcloudkite82”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Pearl@Corn@2008”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “frogmooncorn43”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “hill.frog.dust.29” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 40.🔐 Is “LotusMoonBrick11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
Answer key
- Ship!Corn!Kite85
- 9
- 15
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- others can guess it
- shorter than 12
- 15
- has a name or year
- CloudSandShell28
- shell@drum@lamp@48
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 2
- River@Moon@Plum10
- strong
- strong
- 3
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- TentShellVine43
- fewer than 3 kinds
- fewer than 3 kinds
- MangoMoonSand26
- 1
- 14
- Brick!Drum!Lotus45
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- emojis
- 10
- 7
- 18
- strong
- 12
- 16
- 15
- 14
- 3
- strong
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids