Using your password sheet, please answer the following questions. The
following example password list will be helpful in answering the questions.
1. Repeating a previously used phrase (nothing
changes) |
"Princeton" and "Princeton" |
2. Changing the capitalization of letters within a
phrase |
"Princeton", "princeton", "prINcEtoN" |
3. Adding numbers or characters to a phrase |
"Princeton9","A-Princetonian", "PrincetonPrinceton",
"AP~rinceton3" |
4. Removing numbers or characters from a phrase |
"Pton", "Printon",
"Prince" |
5. Combining some of the previous methods |
"pRince#ton",
"pr(INce)ton3", "P*in73t0n" |
In the example at the top of the page, there are four FAMILIES of passwords
("apple", "PassWord3", "O,o#9Id_iA",
"pear"):
FAMILY |
PERMUTATIONS |
"apple" |
"apple", "Ap*LE", and
"ap-78PLE" |
"PassWord3" |
"PassWord3" and
"pASs10wo_rd" |
"O,o#9Id_iA" |
two identical entries of "O,o#9Id_iA" |
"pear" |
"pear" |
Note that the number of families is equal to the number of unique passwords
(four, in the example).
How many FAMILIES of passwords did you write down?