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

question 82

Multiple Choice

Esmeralda wants to use her roommate's computer to work on her term paper,but the roommate has password-protected the computer.Rather than starting at "a" and systematically testing every possible word in the English language,Esmeralda tries using her roommate's birthdate and pets' names.What is Esmeralda using in this case

• A) representativeness 
• B) reframing 
• C) an algorithm 
• D) a heuristic

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