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Cryptography KS3

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Before computers why were messages usually encrypted?
a)
They weren't encrypted before computers
b)
So in war Commanders/leaders could communicate safely with their troops
c)
To share messages with people who were clever enough to solve them
d)
All of these reason
2.
Who was the first know user of the Caesar Code?
a)
Caesar Romanus
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Alan Turing
d)
There isn't one
3.
When put a message into code what do we call it?
a)
Encipher
b)
Decipher
c)
Mix up
d)
Distribute
4.
When we solve a code what is the process called?
a)
Encipher
b)
Decipher
c)
Mix Down
d)
Distribute
5.
When solving a code, we need a letter or a word to help us get started, what is this often referred to as?
a)
Help
b)
Support
c)
Key
d)
Answer
6.
What machine was used during WWII to encrypt and decrypt German messages?
a)
Enigma
b)
Atbash
c)
Secret
d)
Puzzler
7.

How many different ways of setting up the machine was there said to be?

a)

1000

b)

1 Trillion

c)

186 million million million

d)

1 Million

8.
An encryption key is used to help decrypt messages
a)
True
b)
False
9.

What was the name of the man who led the team that cracked the German's "Enigma Code" in WW2?

a)

Tim Berners-Lee

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Bill Gates

10.

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

a)

Original methods of encryption (such as the Caesar Cipher) do not need the use of a key

b)

Data can be encrypted using ciphers and decrypted using a key

c)

Users cannot read or understand encrypted data without the use of a key

d)

The Caesar Cipher is an example of a substitution cipher

11.
to encrypt a message you need 2 main parts, a _________ & a key
a)
cipher
b)
code
c)
algorithm
d)
crypt
12.
the set of rules that you are using to encode the information
a)
cipher
b)
key
c)
encoding
d)
deciphering
13.
tells you how to arrange those rules
a)
cipher
b)
key
c)
encoding
d)
deciphering
14.

What was the name of the man who led the team that cracked the German's "Enigma Code" in WW2?

a)

Tim Berners-Lee

b)

Alan Turing

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Bill Gates

15.

In Cryptography, original message, before being transformed, is called

a)

Simple Text

b)

Plain Text

c)

Cipher Text

d)

Filled Text

16.

An encryption algorithm transforms plain text into:

a)

Cipher text

b)

Simple Text

c)

Empty Text

d)

Plain Text

17.
What is encryption?
a)
When you put data / text into code making it difficult to read or understand.
b)
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
c)
A formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine
d)
What is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.
18.

The process of converting a ciphertext into plaintext.

a)

encryption

b)

decryption

c)

plaintext

d)

cryptography

19.

What is the name of the electro-mechanical device used by British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during WWII?

a)

Bomba

b)

Bomby

c)

Bombe

d)

Bomb

20.

Which country do hieroglyphics come from?

a)

Greece

b)

Spain

c)

South Africa

d)

Egypt

21.

What does the word cryptography mean?

a)

The art of cooking or baking secret codes

b)

The art of writing or solving secret codes

c)

The art of drawing or painting secret codes

d)

The art of throwing or catching secret codes

22.

Who invented the Enigma Cipher Machine?

a)

The Americans

b)

The British

c)

The Germans

d)

The Mexicans

23.

What was the Enigma Cipher Machine used for?

a)

To bake pancakes

b)

To send secret messages

c)

To iron clothes

d)

To receive secret messages

24.

Can you break this code?

a)

Orange = 10

b)

Orange = 6

c)

Orange = 5

d)

Orange = 2

25.

What is the problem with the following plain text to encrypt with a Caesar Cipher?

Is your birthday 9/30/1998?

a)

Numbers cannot be encrypted

b)

It would be relatively easy to decipher after encryption

c)

Symbols cannot be encrypted

d)

all of the above

26.

Consider the process of encoding and decoding a message using the following Caesar cipher encoding scheme in which the plaintext and ciphertext alphabets are offset by four positions, as shown below:

Plaintext: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Ciphertext: w x y z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v


Which of the following encoded ciphertext strings decodes to an original plaintext message of "secret"?

a)

etsecr

b)

wigvix

c)

kwujwl

d)

oaynap

27.
Taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text is known as?
a)
Vigenere Cipher
b)
Encryption
c)
Random Substitution cipher
d)
Decryption
28.

What is the algorithm of ceasar's cipher?

a)

Each letter is replaced with a particular symbol

b)

Each letter is replaced with a letter a certain number of steps down the alphabet

c)

Each letter is replaced with a particular number from 0 to 26, and numbers are replaced with letters.

29.
Where does the word 'Cryptography' come from?
a)
secret writing
b)
Roman writing
c)
difficult messages
d)
writing problem
30.
If you encrypted the word lesson using a Caesar cypher with a key of 1 which would it be?
a)
mgvvqr
b)
mfttpo
c)
kdttph
d)
kjdfkj
31.

What is the meaning of Greek words "crypt" or "cryph"

a)

hidden

b)

scary

c)

away

d)

off

32.

What was the code name for Bletchley Park?

a)

Station A

b)

Bletch

c)

Station Z

d)

Station X

33.

What was the name of the machine designed in Bletchley Park to break the enigma code?

a)

Bomba

b)

Bombe

c)

Enigma

d)

Prototype

34.

What country first started working on decoding Enigma encoded messages?

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Great Britain

35.

What cipher system did the Germans use to transmit Enigma encoded messages?

a)

Caesar Cipher

b)

Morse code

c)

Keypad Cipher

d)

Telephone

36.

What was the name of the place in the UK that worked on decoding Enigma messages?

a)

Bletchley Park

b)

Buckingham Palace

c)

The Bombe

d)

Turing Park

37.

What symbols does the Morse Code cipher use?

a)

Simple Alphabet

b)

Dots and dashes

c)

Squares and triangles

d)

Numbers