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Encryption and Public Keys

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Internet is an open and ______________ system

a)

closed

b)

private

c)

public

d)

pizza based

2.

Choose two examples of private information we share across the public Internet as shown in the video.

a)

credit card info

b)

DNS Information

c)

passwords

d)

router info

3.

Encryption is the scrambling or changing a message to hide it. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What was one of the first, well known encryption methods?

a)

Caesar's Cypher

b)

Cleopatra's Cypher

c)

Napoleon's Cypher

d)

Augustus' Cypher

5.

A key is a public, well known password for unlocking a message, true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In the modern world, a common encryption key encrypts messages using _________ bit keys

a)

128

b)

256

c)

64

d)

32

7.

Symmetric encryption uses the _________ key to encrypt and decrypt a message.

a)

golden

b)

smallest

c)

opposite

d)

same

8.

The video uses what example to show how public and private keys work?

a)

A mail box with a public drop slot and a private door for the owner.

b)

A mail box with a private drop slot and a public door for the owner.