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cryptography-introduction

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first known user of the Caesar Cipher?

a)

Caesar Romanus

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Alan Turing

d)

There isn't one

2.

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

a)

Simple Text

b)

Plain Text

c)

Cipher Text

d)

Filled Text

3.

An encryption algorithm transforms plain text into:

a)

Cipher text

b)

Simple Text

c)

Empty Text

d)

Plain Text

4.

_______ is the science and art of transforming messages to make them secure and immune to attacks.

a)

Cryptography

b)

Cryptoanalysis

c)

neither Cryptography nor Cryptoanalysis

d)

either Cryptography or Cryptoanalysis

5.

A(n) ______ algorithm transforms cipher text to plain text.

a)

Encryption

b)

Decryption

6.

The art and science of breaking the cipher text is known as

a)

Cryptanalysis

b)

Cryptography

c)

Staganography

d)

Watermarking

7.

A method for determining a solution to a problem by sequentially testing all possible solutions.

a)

brute force

b)

relative frequency

c)

cipher

d)

paired keys

8.
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.
9.

A cipher is _________________________.

a)

a person who makes up secret codes

b)

an algorithm that is used to scramble text so that it can be passed in secret

c)

a lock that can be used to lock a message in a lock box

d)

any puzzle, such as a crossword or Sudoku puzzle

10.
What machine was used during WWII to encrypt and decrypt German messages?
a)
Enigma
b)
Atbash
c)
Secret
d)
Puzzler
11.

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

12.
For Modular Arithmetic what value is the most important?
a)
The Modulo
b)
The Given Number
c)
The Remainder
d)
The Divisor
13.

Which country do hieroglyphics come from?

a)

Greece

b)

Spain

c)

South Africa

d)

Egypt

14.

Who invented the Enigma Cipher Machine?

a)

The Americans

b)

The British

c)

The Germans

d)

The Mexicans

15.
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
16.

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

a)

Simple Text

b)

Plain Text

c)

Cipher Text

d)

Filled Text