IR2 Unit 3 Reading Comprehension

Images of individuals tied to illegal activities were used in looking for criminal activity at the stadium.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 2: "The data included photos of people previously arrested for stealing, causing fights, and other illegal activities."

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Security officials felt that using face-recognition technology at the Super Bowl was a good idea.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 4: "Security officials say the face-recognition (FR) system's great benefits justify any small inconvenience."

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Biometric technology analyzes part of a person's body to determine who he or she is.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 5: "It analyzes facial characteristics (the features of the face) to establish a person's identity."

All the photos in a face-recognition database come from the federal government.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 2: "Each face seen by the gate-mounted cameras was compared to the data in local and federal law-enforcement computer systems."

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Most banks don't use cameras because their customers have complained.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 4: "Banks, shopping malls, and government buildingss are already equipped with security cameras, and no one has a problem with that."

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Linking the Ybor City system to a police database made the system truly biometric.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 7: "Then Tampa modified those cameras to link directly to the police department's own detabase. This made them true biometric tools."

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A face-recognition system helps catch dangerous people who are still unknown to the police.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 2: "The data included photos of people previously arrested for stealing, causing fights, and other illegal activities."

Face-matching systems have no trouble identifying someone wearing a hat or glasses.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paragraph 9: "They argue that machines are easily fooled by such simple devices as hats, new hairstyles, or glasses."

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7