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WorksheetsCryptology
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 49mins
What is the term used to describe the science of making and breaking secret codes?
cryptology
impersonation
spoofing
factorization
jamming
_______ is the science and art of transforming messages to make them secure and immune to attacks.
Cryptography
Cryptoanalysis
neither Cryptography nor Cryptoanalysis
either Cryptography or Cryptoanalysis
In Cryptography, original message, before being transformed, is called
Simple Text
Plain Text
Cipher Text
Filled Text
An encryption algorithm transforms plain text into:
Cipher text
Simple Text
Empty Text
Plain Text
The art and science of breaking the cipher text is known as
Cryptanalysis
Cryptography
Staganography
Watermarking
Can you break this code?
Orange = 10
Orange = 6
Orange = 5
Orange = 2
Who was the first know user of the Caesar Cipher?
Caesar Romanus
Julius Caesar
Alan Turing
There isn't one
Encrypt the word alphabet using a Caesar cipher with a shift of 3
DVSDULQV
DOOFOHDU
DOSKDEHW
DORQHBHV
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"?
etsecr
wigvix
kwujwl
oaynap
I love codes
hello has been encrypted with Caesar cipher to khoor. The key used was:
abc
3
2
xyz
The outer circle represents the original letters and the inner circle represents the encrypted letters. Which of the following deciphers the following word:
UZWMV
ZEBRA
ZULUA
ZIPPO
ZBRR
The outer circle is the original letters and the inner circle is the encrypted letters. Which of the following encrypts the following word:
HIGHLIGHT
CDBCGDBCO
MIMMQNLMY
QNLMQNLMY
QNLMQNLMY
What is the problem with the following plain text to encrypt with a Caesar Cipher?
Is your birthday 9/30/1998?
Numbers cannot be encrypted
It would be relatively easy to decipher after encryption
Symbols cannot be encrypted
all of the above
Using the substitution cipher of reversing the order of the letters, determine what the word LEMNISCATE would become?
OVNRMHXZGV
OVNMRHXZGV
OVNMRHXGZV
OVNMRHXZGX
Using the substitution cipher of reversing the order of the letters, determine what the word floccinaucinihilipilification would become?
Uolxarmzfxrmrsrorkrorurxzgrlm
Uolxxrmzfxrmrsrorkrorurxzgrlm
Uolxxrmzfxrmrsrorkrorurxagrlm
Uolxxrmzfxrmrsrorkrorurxzgrim
Given the shown substitution cipher:
Plain C D E H I N P R S T Y
Cipher X J L A Z E V K H O M
Decode the phrase:
JLXKMVO OAZH VKZEXL OZEM
DECRYPT THIS PRINCE TENY
DECRYPT THAT PRINCE TINY
DECODE THIS PRINCE TENY
DECRYPT THIS PRINCE TINY
A cipher system that uses a repeating word or phrase as part of the encryption scheme
Caesar
Vigenere
Code Book
Block
Using a Vignere cipher, I want to encode the phrase:
"This is an awesome cipher". My keyphrase is MONEY.
What will the last letter of the encoded message be?
F
V
C
D
Using a Vignere cipher, I want to encode the phrase:
"I will miss this class". My keyphrase is LONLINESS.
What will the word MISS be encoded to be?
ZVWT
ZMKK
ZMVT
ZYEKK
What symbols does the Morse Code cipher use?
Simple Alphabet
Dots and dashes
Squares and triangles
Numbers
By encrypting "Hello world" using a rail fence cipher of size 3, the output will be:
LDWORLO_HEL
HLWLEOODL_R
HORE_LLWDLO
LOLWDE_LHOR
A 4X5 matrix cipher was used to encrypt "good morning everyone". What will it be output?
GMIVOOONENORGREDNEY
GOGYOREOONVNDIEEMNR
GDRNVYEOMNGEOOOIERN
