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Table 4 List of question types along with their corresponding question format, score calculation and existence of distractors

From: Evaluating smartphone-based dynamic security questions for fallback authentication: a field study

Question type

Question format

Score calculation

Distractors

Call

Open-ended

Jaro-Winkler [38]

see "Score calculation for communication questions" section

SMS

Open-ended

Jaro-Winkler [38]

see "Score calculation for communication questions" section

Location

Open-ended

Haversine [34]

see "Score calculation for location questions" section

Application

Multiple-choice

Eq. 1

see "Score calculation for app usage and music questions" section

Music

Multiple-choice

Eq. 1

see "Score calculation for app usage and music questions" section

Activity

Multiple-choice and time selection

Eq. 2

see "Score calculation for activity and battery charging questions" section

Battery

Multiple-choice and time selection

Eq. 2

see "Score calculation for activity and battery charging questions" section