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.🔐 “Qwerty#Sand85” 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
- 2.🔐 “drumneemboatgold” 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
- 3.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pearl#Hill#Tiger73” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 4.🔐 “Corn@60” 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
- 5.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rohan.Hill.50” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 6.🔢 How many characters are in “Meera2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 7.🔐 “Meera@Seed@37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 8.🔢 How many characters are in “admin41”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 9.🔐 “Leaf.10” 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
- 10.🔐 Is “vine#boat#lake#62” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔐 Is “Lotus@Fern@Leaf40” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mango#frog#cloud#56 (b) cloudrainpearlriver
- 13.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Leaf!48” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cornshipboat56 (b) Wolf!Pond!Plum79
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) password49 (b) wheel.sand.kite.81
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun#Brick#56” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔐 “Toast-Seed-2013” 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
- 18.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “clouddustplumriver” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Rain!Drum!Ship23” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “iloveyou25”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 Is “pondsanddrum73” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Moon!55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 “fernfrograin75” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) TentPondTiger34 (b) plumlamppond24
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “boatdrumgoldplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Is “LeafFernPond57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 27.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou21” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “seed-vine-bell-74” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “lampbellleafplum”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it has symbols
- 31.🔐 Is “letmein54” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2017” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔢 How many characters are in “LotusTigerTent86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 34.🔐 “goldleafchaidrum” 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
- 35.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Is “rivermangomoon84” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera_Neem_63” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “fernlakelampneem” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔢 How many characters are in “Lotus-18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
Answer key
- has a common word
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- shorter than 12
- 4
- 9
- has a name or year
- 7
- shorter than 12
- strong
- strong
- mango#frog#cloud#56
- 4
- Wolf!Pond!Plum79
- wheel.sand.kite.81
- 4
- has a name or year
- 1
- 4
- 10
- weak
- 4
- fewer than 3 kinds
- TentPondTiger34
- 16
- strong
- 2
- 3
- 16
- others can guess it
- weak
- 3
- 16
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 8
- 3
- weak
- 4
- weak
- 8
Free cyber safety lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/cyber-safety-for-kids