Esmeralda Wants to Use Her Roommate's Computer to Work on Her

Multiple Choice

Esmeralda wants to use her roommate's computer to work on her term paper but the roommate has password protected the computer. Rather than starting at "a" and systematically testing every possible word in the English language, Esmeralda makes some educated guesses about the password, based on what she knows about her roommate. What is Esmeralda using in this case?

A) representativeness
B) reframing
C) an algorithm
D) a heuristic