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Computer Science · May / June 2022 · Paper 11 · Question 7

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Adele chooses to set a biometric password for her mobile device, instead of a personal identification number (PIN).

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  • 7(a)[1]

    Any one from:

    Uses biological data
    It uses characteristics/features that belong to a human

  • 7(b)[2]

    Any two from:

    A biometric password cannot be guessed
    It is very difficult to fake a biometric password
    A biometric password cannot be recorded by a keylogger/spyware
    A perpetrator cannot shoulder surf to see a biometric password

  • 7(c)[3]

    Any three from:

    The traffic/data is compared to set criteria/rules/whitelist/blacklist
    If the traffic/data does/does not meet the criteria/rules/whitelist/blacklist it will be rejected/blocked …
    … and an alert can be sent to warn Adele
    … this can help prevent hackers/malicious software (gaining access to the data)

  • 7(d)[1]

    It makes the data meaningless
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