Biometric Body and Biometrics are not Better

According to “The Biometric Body,” what is one potential benefit of using biometric fingerprint scanners at amusement parks?

• to count ticket sales

• to prevent ticket fraud

• to distinguish ticket types

• to sell tickets more quickly

Why should the physical features used for biometrics be distinctive, according to “The Biometric Body”?

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  because the results should link to one and only one person

• because features that are not distinctive are difficult to measure

• because computer algorithms must convert the raw images into data

• because biometrics need to measure features that can be recognized quickly

According to “The Biometric Body,” what is one reason DNA would be “the ultimate biometric”?

• It would be easily and inexpensively implemented.

• It would take advantage of a physical feature that is always changing

• It would make it difficult for someone to pretend to be someone else

• It would reveal private information about a person’s family and health history.

According to “The Biometric Body,” what do gait recognition systems analyze?

• how people walk

• how people speak

• how people behave

• how people smell

Which of these is an example of someone committing fraud?

• someone who steals money from a store cash register

• someone who uses a false identity to get a credit card

• someone who asks another person for money or food

• someone who spreads rumors about another person

Based on the information in “The Biometric Body,” which of these conclusions would the author most agree with?

• • As the technology improves, biometrics are likely to be used in more aspects of life.

• • In the future, biometrics must be used together with traditional forms of identification.

• • Biometrics could one day improve security but are currently too unreliable to be useful.

• • Experts need to develop new types of biometrics because the ones used today are too ba

    sic and simple.

The author focuses on which of the following issues with biometrics in “Biometrics Are Not Better”?

• security protection

• the filming of movies

• the production of energy

• mathematical problem-solving

According to “Biometrics Are Not Better,” why can biometrics sometimes be unreliable?

• because people still use passwords

• because body measurements can change

• because the technology is not very good yet

• because people do not understand how to use them

According to “Biometrics Are Not Better,” biometrics could cause an individual to lose which of the following rights?

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  the right to vote

• the right to privacy

• the right to free speech

• 
  the right to own property

Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning of bypassed?

• Sarah needed to talk to her sister, so she rode ahead to catch up to her

• The trail ahead was muddy, so I turned back and chose another path home.

• I really wanted to eat pizza, but I thought the sandwich was a better option.

• Zach flipped through the movie list, but it took ten minutes to find a good one.