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This Section covers below lists of topics.
- Cryptography MCQ.
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1. ________ is the science and art of transforming messages to make them secure and immune to attacks.
- Cryptography
- Cryptoanalysis
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. Cryptography
2. The ________is the original message before transformation
- ciphertext
- plaintext
- secret-text
- none of the above
B. plaintext
3. The ________ is the message after transformation
- ciphertext
- plaintext
- secret-text
- none of the above
A. ciphertext
4. A(n) _______ algorithm transforms plaintext to ciphertext
- encryption
- decryption
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. encryption
5. A(n) ______ algorithm transforms ciphertext to plaintext
- encryption
- decryption
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
B. decryption
6. A combination of an encryption algorithm and a decryption algorithm is called a ________.
- cipher
- secret
- key
- none of the above
A. cipher
7. The _______ is a number or a set of numbers on which the cipher operates
- cipher
- secret
- key
- none of the above
C. key
8. In a(n) ________ cipher, the same key is used by both the sender and receiver.
- symmetric-key
- asymmetric-key
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. symmetric-key
9. In a(n) ________, the key is called the secret key.
- symmetric-key
- asymmetric-key
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. symmetric-key
10. In a(n) ________ cipher, a pair of keys is used.
- symmetric-key
- asymmetric-key
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
B. asymmetric-key
11. In an asymmetric-key cipher, the sender uses the__________ key.
- private
- public
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
B. public
12. In an asymmetric-key cipher, the receiver uses the ______ key
- private
- public
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. private
13. A ________ cipher replaces one character with another character.
- substitution
- transposition
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. substitution
14. _________ ciphers can be categorized into two broad categories: monoalphabetic and polyalphabetic.
- Substitution
- Transposition
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. Substitution
15. The _______ cipher is the simplest monoalphabetic cipher. It uses modular arithmetic with a modulus of 26.
- transposition
- additive
- shift
- none of the above
C. shift
16. The Caesar cipher is a _______cipher that has a key of 3.
- transposition
- additive
- shift
- none of the above
C. shift
17. The ________ cipher reorders the plaintext characters to create a ciphertext.
- substitution
- transposition
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
B. transposition
18. A(n) ______ is a keyless substitution cipher with N inputs and M outputs that uses a formula to define the relationship between the input stream and the output stream
- S-box
- P-box
- T-box
- none of the above
A. S-box
19. A(n) _______is a keyless transposition cipher with N inputs and M outputs that uses a table to define the relationship between the input stream and the output stream
- S-box
- P-box
- T-box
- none of the above
B. P-box
20. A modern cipher is usually a complex _____cipher made of a combination of different simple ciphers.
- round
- circle
- square
- none of the above
A. round
21. DES is a(n) ________ method adopted by the U.S. government.
- symmetric-key
- asymmetric-key
- either (a) or (b)
- neither (a) nor (b)
A. symmetric-key
22. DES has an initial and final permutation block and _________ rounds
- 14
- 15
- 16
- none of the above
C. 16
23. The DES function has _______ components
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
C. 4
24. DES uses a key generator to generate sixteen _______ round keys
- 32-bit
- 48-bit
- 54-bit
- 42-bit
B. 48-bit
25. ________ DES was designed to increase the size of the DES key
- Double
- Triple
- Quadruple
- none of the above
B. Triple
26. _______ is a round cipher based on the Rijndael algorithm that uses a 128-bit block of data
- AEE
- AED
- AER
- AES
D. AES
27. AES has _____ different configurations
- two
- three
- four
- five
B. three
28. ECB and CBC are ________ ciphers
- block
- stream
- field
- none of the above
A. block
29. One commonly used public-key cryptography method is the ______ algorithm
- RSS
- RAS
- RSA
- RAA
C. RSA
30. The ________ method provides a one-time session key for two parties
- Diffie-Hellman
- RSA
- DES
- AES
A. Diffie-Hellman
