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 characters are in “Neem#Ship#Frog56”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 2.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) emojis (c) symbols (d) digits
- 3.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) smart (b) risky (c) required (d) safe
- 4.🔐 Is “plumbellriver23” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “lotusgoldsandbrick”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 7.🔐 Is “Arjun2012” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) WheelDrumLake11 (b) Neem#70
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty50 (b) ShellShipPond30
- 10.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “drum#pond#boat#20” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai-pond-kite-45 (b) Meera2018
- 12.🔐 “Diya#Pond#43” 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
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Sand-14 (b) Neem!Tiger!Moon17
- 14.🔐 Is “Meera!Corn!54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 15.🔐 “Drum-58” 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
- 16.🔐 Is “sandkitenest11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) others can guess it (b) it has symbols (c) it is hard to type (d) it is too long
- 18.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lampkitetiger57 (b) Tent.Chai.Lake24
- 19.🔐 “Ananya#Mango#26” 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
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain.Sand.2015 (b) KitePlumShell85
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “Qwerty!Boat48”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔐 “Qwerty_Lotus20” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 23.🔐 “Tiger@River@2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔢 How many characters are in “NestShipVine79”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 25.🔐 “Neem.68” 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
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Password!Mango20 (b) Wolf@Hill@Cloud71
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan@Nest@15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔐 Is “MangoCornWheel36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 29.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteFernToast18 (b) cloudgoldneem56
- 30.🔐 Is “Mango.Fern.2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Qwerty_Drum28 (b) Kite!Lotus!Toast80
- 32.🔐 Is “password27” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔐 Is “lampfrogmangohill” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 34.🔐 “tentrainlamp73” 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
- 35.🔐 Is “Hill#Lake#Mango20” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Seed!Pond!Sand11” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 “Vine@61” 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
- 38.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) KiteLeafRiver81 (b) Vine@14
- 39.🔐 Is “Rain!Chai!Plum53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 40.🔐 Is “CloudVineRiver87” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 16
- emojis
- risky
- weak
- 18
- 12
- weak
- WheelDrumLake11
- ShellShipPond30
- 3
- chai-pond-kite-45
- has a name or year
- Neem!Tiger!Moon17
- weak
- shorter than 12
- weak
- others can guess it
- Tent.Chai.Lake24
- has a name or year
- KitePlumShell85
- 13
- has a common word
- has a name or year
- 14
- shorter than 12
- Wolf@Hill@Cloud71
- 4
- strong
- KiteFernToast18
- weak
- Kite!Lotus!Toast80
- weak
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- strong
- shorter than 12
- KiteLeafRiver81
- strong
- strong
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids