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Which of these would best describe a biometric access mechanism? Pick two.



A) The outline of a door key

B) A fingerprint

C) A four digit PIN

D) Voice recognition

E) A physical access card

F) A pseudo-random token generator

G) Knocking on the door and yelling “Pizza!”


The answer: B) A fingerprint and D) Voice recognition

A biometric is a way to authenticate that relies on a person’s physical characteristics. In these examples, only the fingerprint and voice would be a biological mechanism.

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