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 “welcome17” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Neem_Fern_2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 Is “sand.dust.pearl.27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 4.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “pond_shell_corn_43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn@wheel@chai@80 (b) chailakeplummango
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “froglampchaiseed”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 Is “Tara2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 8.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 9.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
- 10.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password27 (b) frog.pearl.mango.14
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “fernshipcloudneem” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) emojis (b) digits (c) symbols (d) capital letters
- 13.🔐 “moonbelldustlamp” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 14.🔐 “Leaf@23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 15.🔐 Is “Shell.Dust.Plum31” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “Wolf-55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 17.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) drum#kite#hill#81 (b) admin59
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud#86” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn_64” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 Is “bellhillsandriver” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Is “Saanvi@Frog@76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔐 “cornferntiger34” 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
- 23.🔐 Is “Bell_Cloud_Drum81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-Bell-Frog13”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 Is “Sand-Lamp-Mango16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 26.🔐 Is “moon@lake@corn@81” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔐 Is “Rohan!Pond!23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “wolfmoonbell53” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is hard to type (b) it is too long (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 30.🔐 “Qwerty.Tent24” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan_Moon_24” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 32.🔐 Is “Ananya2014” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “Rain-27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 Is “HillCloudBoat12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Letmein!Tent19 (b) ChaiLakeShip59
- 36.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome71 (b) lotus.leaf.chai.78
- 37.🔐 “Qwerty.Mango10” 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
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2013”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 “Kabir-Tiger-86” 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.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Tiger@Bell@Drum60 (b) Kabir2018
Answer key
- 2
- 14
- strong
- 3
- corn@wheel@chai@80
- 16
- weak
- in your head
- 3
- frog.pearl.mango.14
- 1
- emojis
- fewer than 3 kinds
- shorter than 12
- strong
- weak
- drum#kite#hill#81
- 4
- 4
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 17
- strong
- strong
- weak
- 2
- others can guess it
- has a common word
- 4
- weak
- 7
- strong
- ChaiLakeShip59
- lotus.leaf.chai.78
- has a common word
- 8
- has a name or year
- Tiger@Bell@Drum60
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids