Esmeralda Wants to Use Her Roommate's Computer to Work on Her

question 154

Multiple Choice

Esmeralda wants to use her roommate's computer to work on her term paper.However,the roommate has password protection on the computer's boot sequence.Rather than starting at "a" and systematically testing every possible word in the English language,Esmeralda makes some educated guesses about the passwords,based on what she knows about her roommate.In this case,Esmeralda is using

• A) a heuristic to get past the password protection.
• B) an algorithm to get past the password protection.
• C) reframing to get past the password protection.
• D) representativeness to get past the password protection.

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Definitions:

Compounded Continuously

The theoretical concept where the interest on an investment is calculated and added to the principal continuously, leading to exponential growth.

Compounded Annually

Interest on an investment that is calculated once per year, taking into account the interest that has accumulated up to that point.

Compounded Daily

The process of calculating interest on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods, with the compound frequency being every day.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

A U.S. government agency that insures deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $250,000 per depositor, per bank.