Biometrics Lec1

1) ID cards, Passwords and keys are known as Biometric schemes.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: ID cards, Passwords and keys are known as traditional schemes

2) With Biometrics it’s possible to establish an identity based on “Who you are” rather than
“What you possess” and “What he remembers”
a) True
b) False

Answer: a

3) The word Bio is a Greek word that means ____.

a) Body
b) Life
c) Age
d) Measure

Answer: b
Note: Biometric is a Greek word which Bio means Life and Metric refers to measure (Life
measure ‫) المقاييس الحيوية‬

4) The name Metric refers to the physiological characteristics that are assessed.
a) True
b) False
 Answer: b
Note: The word Bio refers to the physiological characteristics that are assessed, when
metrics is the term for the analysis that identifies a specific individual.

5) _____ is a science, which deals with the automated recognition of individuals (or
plants/animals) based on biological and behavioral characteristics.
a) Biometry
b) Biometrics
c) Biometric System
d) None

Answer: b

6) Biometrics is a science, which deals with the automated recognition of individuals, plants
and animals based on ____ characteristics.
a) Biological
b) Behavioral
c) Biological and Behavioral
d) None

Answer: c

7) Biometrics is a science, which deals with the automated recognition of individuals only
based on biological and behavioral characteristics.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: Biometrics deals with the automated recognition of individuals (or plants/animals)
based on biological and behavioral characteristics.
8) _____ is the mathematical and statistical analysis of biological data.
a) Biometry
b) Biometrics
c) Biometric System
d) None

Answer: a

9) Biometry is the analysis of biological data using ____

a) Mathematics
b) Statistics
c) Both
d) None

Answer: c

10) ____ is a pattern recognition system that recognizes a person by determining the
authenticity of a specific biological and/or behavioral characteristic.
a) Biometry
b) Biometrics
c) Biometric System
d) None

Answer: c

11) According to Joao de Barros, the first known application of biometrics was a type of ___
that was utilized in ___ in the 14th century.

a) Iris recognition, United statues

 b) Finger printing, China
c) Facial recognition, Japan
d) Voice recognition, China

Answer: b

12) Bertillon’s biometric application was for imprinting children’s footprints and palmprints
to differentiate one youngster from another.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: Barros biometric application

13) Identification up to late 1800s was mostly based on photographic memory.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a

14) ____, developed biometrics as a separate branch of study in the 1890s to address the
issue of identifying criminals.
a) Joao de Barros
b) Alphonse Barros
c) Alphonse Bertillon
d) None

Answer: c

15) Bertillon created a technique for various body measurements that was given the name
____.
a) Brilliant
 b) Bertillon
c) Bertillonage
d) None

Answer: c

16) There are ___ types of Biometrics.

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

Answer: a
Note: the two types of Biometrics are Physiological and Behavioral

17) DNA, iris recognition, retina and palm geometry are examples for physiological factors.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a

18) The term behavioral refers to how the body is shaped.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: The term behavioral refers to person’s behavior, but Physiological factors influence
how the body is shaped

19) Gait ‫المشي‬, voice, signature and keystroke are a few examples of person’s behavior
a) True
b) False
 Answer: a

20) Body length measurement, or bertillonage no longer used.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a
Note: when it was discovered that some people have similar measurements and they
could be treated as the same one, stopped using bertillonage system.

21) Bertillonage or body measurement is a type of physical biometrics.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a

22) Hand geometry is the measurement of hand shape.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a

23) Iris scan is the process of analyzing eye’s blood vessels

a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: Retinal scan is analyzing eye’s blood vessels, and Iris scan is the process of
examining the eye’s colored iris, they’re also kinds of physical biometric.

24) Analysis of vein patterns using ____

 a) DNA
b) Retinal scan
c) Vascular patterns
d) Hand geometry

Answer: c

25) DNA is used to examining one’s genetic makeup.

a) True
b) False

Answer: a

26) Analyzing fingertip pattern is a kind of behavioral biometrics to create a fingerprint.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: Analyzing fingertip pattern is a kind of physical biometrics to create a fingerprint.

27) Facial recognition is used to identifying finger traits

a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: Facial recognition is used to identifying facial traits

28) Monitoring the duration between keystrokes when typing words is a kind of ___.
a) Physical biometrics
b) Behavioral biometrics
c) Both
d) None
 Answer: b

29) Speaker recognition involves listening to voice patterns , it’s also a type of behavioral
biometrics.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a

30) The first step of developing a biometric system is determining traits that will be used in
the biometric application.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a

31) ____ is a factor of determining these traits.

a) Universality
b) Permanence
c) Individuality
d) All of the above

Answer: d

32) Universality means that some users of the application should have this quality.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Note: All users of the application should have this quality
33) ____ means that the provided trait must differ sufficiently among population’s
members.
a) Universality
b) Individuality
c) Uniqueness
d) Both b & c

Answer: d

34) ____ the biometric attribute can be obtained using the appropriate tools.
a) Performance
b) Acceptability
c) Measurability
d) None

Answer: c

35) The trait used in the biometric application must be swift and accurate.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a
Note: this factor is called Performance, it means swiftness and accuracy.

36) If we used the Iris scan in a school attendance system to regulate teachers timekeeping,
the system will be acceptable.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
 Note: Acceptability means that users of the application from the target audience should
be willing to provide the system access to their biometric trait, Iris scan will be too much
for this application , instead we can use fingerprint or signature.

37) The ease with which an individual’s characteristic can be duplicated utilizing artefacts is
known as Circumvention.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a

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