Into how many parts is the LM hash divided after padding, and what are these parts called?

• A. Two halves: Part A and Part B
• B. Three seven-character pieces called LM Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• C. Four segments named LM1-LM4
• D. Six blocks named LM A-F

Answer: (B)

The LM hash is built by padding the password to 14 bytes and splitting that padded password into two 7-byte halves. Each half is turned into a DES key and used to DES-encrypt a fixed string, producing two 8-byte results. The final LM hash is the concatenation of those two 8-byte outputs, giving a 16-byte value. So after padding, it’s divided into two parts—LM Hash Part 1 and LM Hash Part 2 (two 8-byte blocks). The notion of three seven-character pieces mixes up the password halves with the final hash; the final hash has two blocks, not three, and the seven-byte division applies to the password halves, not to the resulting hash.