Logging in to a computer system is an access-granting process consisting of three steps: identification, authentication and authorization. What occurs during the first step of this process…

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Options

• AThe first step consists of checking if the user is using the correct certificate.
• BThe first step consists of checking if the user appears on the list of authorized users.
• CThe first step consists of comparing the password with the registered password.
• DThe first step consists of granting access to the information to which the user is authorized.

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  84% (38)
• C
  9% (4)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Identification is simply the act of claiming an identity - the user presents who they say they are (typically a username), and the system checks whether that identity exists in its list of known users. Option B is correct because before anything else can happen, the system must confirm the claimed identity is recognized.

• A is wrong - checking a certificate is part of authentication (proving who you are), not identification.
• C is wrong - comparing passwords is also authentication, the second step.
• D is wrong - granting access to resources is authorization, the third and final step.

Memory tip: Think of the three steps in order - Identify → Authenticate → Authorize (I-A-A). Identification just answers "Do we know you?" with a yes/no, nothing more.

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