To Try All Possible Passwords of Length K or Less

question 42

Multiple Choice

To try all possible passwords of length k or less would require ____ attempts.

• A) n^k
• B) k^k
• C) n¹ + n² + ...+ n^k
• D) k¹ + k² + ...+ kⁿ

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Definitions:

Measure of Variability

A measure of variability quantifies the spread of data points in a dataset, indicating how much the data values differ from each other.

Bell Shaped Distribution

A type of distribution in which the frequency of data values is highest in the middle, resembling the shape of a bell.

Mean, Median, Mode

Statistical measures of central tendency; mean is the average of a set of numbers, median is the middle value when numbers are arranged in order, and mode is the most frequently occurring value in a data set.

Positively Skewed

A distribution of data where most of the values gather on the left side, with the tail extending to the right, indicating that the mean is greater than the median.