City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 2018 Information Technology Question 42
Practice objective / multiple choice question 42 from the 2018 City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 Information Technology examination.
A password policy requires an 8‑character password. The first character must be an uppercase letter, the last character must be a digit, and each of the six middle characters may be either a lowercase letter or a digit. Assuming all allowed characters are equally likely, (a) how many distinct passwords satisfy the policy? (b) If an attacker can test \(10^{6}\) passwords per second, how many seconds, expressed in scientific notation, are needed to try every possible password?
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This is City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 2018 Information Technology Question 42. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 City Guilds Model Questions Vol1 Information Technology examination.
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