Access Control Quiz

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Question 1

Access control system in a high school uses a four digit PIN. A secondary authentication system was set up so that a user can enter their 4 digit year of birth, if students forget their PIN. Which of the following is true?
The secondary authentication mechanism is as strong as primary authentication since the secondary authentication also uses a four digit number.
The secondary authentication mechanism is stronger than the primary authentication since the secondary authentication uses a digit year instead of 4 digit number.
The secondary authentication mechanism is much worse than primary authentication mechanism since the year of birth of high school children is mostly within a narrow range.
none of the options are correct

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