If you have spent any time on SY0-701 practice questions, you have hit at least one that looks trivial and then quietly fails you. Authentication factor questions are a favorite for this. The scenario sounds secure, the answer feels obvious, and the obvious answer is wrong.
Here is the version that catches people. A login asks for your password, then a PIN, then your mother's maiden name. Three prompts, three steps. Is that multifactor authentication?
No. It is single-factor wearing a costume.
Factors are categories, not steps
The exam wants you thinking about authentication in terms of categories, not how many boxes you fill in. There are three classic factors:
