ITPEC IP October 2020 Question 42
ITPEC IP October 2020 — Question 42 of 100
Authenticating a person from the vein pattern in a finger is biometric authentication. The measured physical characteristic is associated with the individual and is compared with an enrolled template to verify identity.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- a digital certificate is a possession-based cryptographic credential
- distorted-text testing is CAPTCHA, intended mainly to distinguish humans from automated programs
- a one-time password is a temporary knowledge or possession-derived credential
Key rule: Biometrics uses who a person is or how the person behaves, such as fingerprints, veins, face, iris, or voice.
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