A 6 Character Computer Password

Question: A 7 character computer password is made up of 4 letters followed by 3 numbers. How many different passwords are possible?

Answer: 456976000

Question: An identity thief watches someone enter a four-digit PIN and manages to see that the first digit is 3. They also know that the second digit is either 4 or 7. If the thief tries guessing the PIN, how many possiblities would there be?

Answer: 200

Question: A three-character password is to be created by choosing characters from the digits 0 through 5 inclusive, vowels (a, e, i, o, u), or 5 special keyboard characters. If only one character category can be used at a time, rank the following from smallest to largest based on the number of possibilities for a password.

Answer: 2,3,1

Question: How many different 4-digit personal identification numbers are possible if no digit can be used twice?

Answer: 5040

Question: Malaya creates a password as follows:letter, number, letter, special character, numberAssuming that there are 12 special characters, if you were trying to guess Malaya's password, what is the most guesses that you would have to make?

Answer: 811200

Question: A password is 4 characters long and must consist of 3 letters and one number. If letters cannot be repeated and the password must end with a number, how many possibilities are there?

Answer: 156000

Question: What are the total amount of choices possible if an individual is to create a 4 digit password using the digits 0 through 9 inclusive, but not using the digit 0 as the first character of the password?

Answer: 9000

Question: Which of the following steps is most effective in protecting yourself from identity theft?

Answer: ...

Question: In the wrong hands, which of the following pieces of personal information would present the greatest risk for identity theft?

Answer: ...

Question: Lola Jean Ramos just turned 21 on June 19th and she loves to go dancing. From the given scenarios, which one describes the best way for Lola to create a 6 character password?

Answer: She creates her password using the saying "Love to dance at 21": ltd@21.

Question: How many four-digit personal identification numbers (PIN) are possible if the PIN cannot begin with a 0 and the PIN must be an odd number?

Answer: 4500

Question: Which of the following expressions shows the number of 8 character passwords that can be formed using letters and digits if the password must begin with a letter?

Answer: 26 times 36^7

Question: An identity thief watches someone enter a 4-digit PIN and manages to see the first two digits. If the thief tries guessing the PIN, how many possibilities would there be?

Answer: 100

Question: A 6 character computer password is made up of 4 numbers followed by 2 letters. How many different passwords are possible?

Answer: 6760000

Question: Which of the following best describes a way of safeguarding personal information?a.Allison removes one check to pay her electric bill and then locks her checkbook in the car when she goes in to pay it.b.Byron gives his credit card number to a telephone solicitor, but only after getting the person's name.c.Jenika has the cashier run her debit card as a credit purchase, rather than debit, to avoid having to enter her PIN.d.Lydell reads and signs the privacy policy at his doctor's office that says they only share information with pharmaceutical companies.

Answer: c

Question: What does the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act provide for consumers?

Answer: It entitles consumers to get one free credit report per year from the big three reporting agencies.