Esmeralda wants to use her roommate's computer to work on her term paper. However, the roommate has password protection on the computer's boot sequence. Rather than starting at "a" and systematically testing every possible word in the English language, Esmeralda makes some educated guesses about the password, based on what she knows about her roommate. In this case, Esmeralda is using
A)a heuristic to get past the password protection.
B)an algorithm to get past the password protection.
C)reframing to get past the password protection.
D)representativeness to get past the password protection.

Question

Esmeralda wants to use her roommate's computer to work on her term paper. However, the roommate has password protection on the computer's boot sequence. Rather than starting at "a" and systematically testing every possible word in the English language, Esmeralda makes some educated guesses about the password, based on what she knows about her roommate. In this case, Esmeralda is using ​
A)a heuristic to get past the password protection.
B)an algorithm to get past the password protection.
C)reframing to get past the password protection.
D)representativeness to get past the password protection.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Esmeralda is using a heuristic, which is a mental shortcut or rule of thumb that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently, based on her knowledge about her roommate, rather than trying every possible combination.

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