SY0-301 · Question #206
Which of the following is a measure of biometrics performance which rates the ability of a system to correctly authenticate an authorized user?
The correct answer is B. Type II. Type II error in biometrics refers to the False Acceptance Rate (FAR), which measures how often an unauthorized user is incorrectly authenticated by the system.
Question
Which of the following is a measure of biometrics performance which rates the ability of a system to correctly authenticate an authorized user?
Options
- AFailure to capture
- BType II
- CMean time to register
- DTemplate capacity
How the community answered
(27 responses)- B89% (24)
- C7% (2)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
Type II error in biometrics refers to the False Acceptance Rate (FAR), which measures how often an unauthorized user is incorrectly authenticated by the system.
Failure to capture (FTC) is the rate at which the system cannot obtain a usable biometric sample from a user, not an authentication accuracy measure.
In biometric systems, Type II error is the False Acceptance Rate - the rate at which the system incorrectly accepts an unauthorized individual. This metric directly rates the system's authentication decision-making and is a primary performance indicator for evaluating how reliably a biometric system handles authentication attempts.
Mean time to register describes how long enrollment takes for new users, not authentication performance.
Template capacity is the maximum number of biometric templates a system can store, not a performance accuracy metric.
Concept tested: Biometric Type II error - False Acceptance Rate
Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-76-1.pdf
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