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WorksheetsMODEL TEST I
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 25hrs 0mins
Use Caesar’s Cipher to decipher the following
HQFUBSWHG WHAW
ABANDONED LOCK
ENCRYPTED TEXT
ABANDONED TEXT
ENCRYPTED LOCK
On Encrypting “thepepsiisintherefrigerator” using Vignere Cipher System using the keyword “HUMOR” we get cipher text
abqdnwewuwjphfvrrtrfznsdokvl
abqdvmwuwjphfvvyyrfznydokvl
tbqyrvmwuwjphfvvyyrfznydokvl
baiuvmwuwjphfoeiyrfznydokvl
Monoalphabetic ciphers are stronger than Polyalphabetic ciphers because frequency analysis is tougher on the former.
True
False
In brute force attack, on average half of all possible keys must be tried to achieve success.
True
False
If the sender and receiver use different keys, the system is referred to as conventional cipher system.
True
False
An encryption scheme is unconditionally secure if the ciphertext generated does not contain enough information to determine uniquely the corresponding plaintext, no matter how much cipher text is available.
True
False
_______________________ is a term used in cryptography that refers to a message before encryption or after decryption.
Cipher Text
Plain Text
A ________ cipher replaces one character with another character.
substitution
transposition
________ is the science and art of transforming messages to make them secure and immune to attacks.
Cryptography
Cryptoanalysis
In a(n) ________ cipher, the same key is used by both the sender and receiver.
symmetric-key
Asymmetric-key
The _______ is a number or a set of numbers on which the cipher operates.
cipher
secret
key
none of the above
The substitution ciphers are
monoalphabetic
polyalphabetic
ceaser
all the above
Cryptography algorithms are divided into
2 groups
3 groups
1 groups
A Substitution cipher replaces one symbol with
same symbol
provide 2 symbols for each
another
all of them
Cryptography ,a word with Greek origins, means
Corrupting Data
Secret Writing
Open Writing
Closed Writing
Cryptography can provide,
entity authentication
non repudiation of messages
confidentiality
all of them
The art of breaking the code is
cryptosystem
Cryptography
Steganography
Cryptanalysis
One time pad is also known as,
Perfect Secrecy
Perfect Hiding
Perfect Writing
Which of the following are active attacks
masquerade
replay
interception
interruption
Transposition techniques are
rail fence
doubler columnar
none
Is S a ring from the following multiplication and addition tables?
+ a b x a b
a a b a a a
b b a b a b
Yes
No
Calculate the GCD of 1160718174 and 316258250 using Euclidean algorithm.
882
770
1078
1225
Which of the following is a valid property for concurrency?
a = b (mod n) if n|(a-b)
a = b (mod n) implies b = a (mod n)
a = b (mod n) and b = c (mod n) implies a = c (mod n)
11^7 mod 13 =
3
7
5
15
For Modular Arithmetic what value is the most important?
The Modulo
The Given Number
The Remainder
The Divisor
What does 36 mod 13 look like using the Quotient Remainder Theorem?
36 = 13 * 2 + 10
36 = 10 * 3 + 6
13 = 36 * 1 - 23
6 = 36 - 10 * 3
Euclid’s algorithm is used for finding ___________
GCD of two numbers
GCD of more than three numbers
Which of the following is not an application of Euclid’s algorithm?
Simplification of fractions
Performing divisions in modular arithmetic
Solving quadratic equations
Solving diophantine equations
What is the total running time of Euclid’s algorithm?
O(N)
O(N log M)
O(N log N)
O(log N +1)
ᶲ(35)=
24
25
22
18
The number of tests required to break the DES algorithm are
2.8×1014
4.2×109
1.84×1019
7.2×1016
In triple DES, the key size is ___ and meet in the middle attack takes ___ tests to break the key.
2192 ,2112
2184,2111
2168,2111
2168,2112
The code bellow is the RC5 encryption pseudo code in C language.
What is the error?
LE0 = A + S[0];
RE0 = B + S [1];
for i = 1 to r do
LEi = ((LEi-1 ⊕ REi-1) >>> REi-1) + S [2xi];
REi = ((REi-1 ⊕ LEi) <<< LEi) + S [2xi+1];
The left shift operation (should be right shift)
The right shift operation (should be left shift)
LEi-1 and REi-1 should be LEi and REi
The for loop runs from 1 to r-1 ( not 1 to r)
Which of these is not a characteristic of block ciphers?
Variable key length / block size / number of rounds
Mixed operators, data/key dependent rotation
Key independent S-boxes
More complex key scheduling
AES uses a ____________ bit block size and a key size of __________ bits.
128; 128 or 256
64; 128 or 192
256; 128, 192, or 256
128; 128, 192, or 256
The 4×4 byte matrices in the AES algorithm are called
States
Words
Transitions
Permutations
For the AES-128 algorithm there are __________ similar rounds and _________ round is different.
2 pair of 5 similar rounds ; every alternate
9 ; the last
8 ; the first and last
10 ; no
On encrypting MANIPALINSTITUTE with key ADVANCEDENCRYPTI we get the state matrix –
FC 1D 1B 0D
15 02 1D 05
10 0F 17 00
20 0D 1B FC
FC 1D 1B 0D
15 02 1D 05
10 0F 17 00
20 0D 1B 0C
OC FE 0B 0D
D5 02 1D 05
18 09 17 00
08 0D 1B FC
OC 1E 0B 0D
05 02 1D 05
18 09 17 00
08 0D 1B 0C
On perform the Mix Columns transformation for the sequence of bytes “77 89 AB CD” we get output
{01 55 EE 4A}
{0A 44 EF 4A}
{08 55 FF 3A}
{09 44 DD 4A}
“Meet in the middle attack” is an attack
where the timing required for the attack via brute force is drastically reduced
where the adversary uses 2 or more machines to decrypt thus trying to reduce the time
where messages are intercepted and then either relayed or substituted with another message
where cryptanalysis takes lesser time than the brute force decryption
__ is the method for keeping sensitive information in email communication & accounts secure against unofficial access, loss, or compromise.
Email security
Email hacking
Email protection
Email safeguarding
If a website uses a cookie, or a browser contains the cookie, then every time you visit that website, the browser transfers the cookie to that website.
True
False
Which of the following symmetric encryption algorithms is/are supported in S/MIME?
RSA
DES
3DES
SHA 1
Which of the following programs is used by a user to send and receive emails?
Mail Transfer agent
Mail Delivery Agent
Mail User Agent
Mail Reading Agent
Pretty good privacy (PGP) security system uses
Public key cryptosystem
Private key cryptosystem
Public & Private key cryptosystem
None of the mentioned
PGP offers ___ block ciphers for message encryption.
Triple-DES
CAST
IDEA
All of the mentioned
Which block cipher has key length of 128 bits?
IDEA
CAST
IDEA & CAST
None
S/MIME is abbreviated as ______
Secure/Multimedia Internet Mailing Extensions
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mailing Extensions
Secure/Multimedia Internet Mail Extensions
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
___ uniquely identifies the MIME entities uniquely with reference to multiple contexts.
Content description.
Content -id.
Content type.
Content transfer encoding.
______ is set of protocols designed to support secure exchange of packets.
SSL
PGP
IPSec
None
IPSec is designed to provide security at ________ level
Transport
Network
Application
Session
IPsec defines two protocols ________ and ________
AH & SSL
PGP & ESP
AH & ESP
None
_________ provides either authentication or encryption, or both, for packets at IP level.
AH
PGP
ESP
SSL
The _______ mode is normally used when we need host to host protection of data
Transport
Tunnel
______ is protocol designed to create security associations.
IKE
SA
KDC
IPSec in the tunnel mode does not protect the IP header
TRUE
FALSE
Pick out wrong statement
i) ESP can encrypt payload data and padding.
ii)ESP does not provide confindentiality.
iii) ESP can have Integrity check value for integrity purpose.
iv) ESP gives Initialization value at start of payload.
I
II
III
IV
______ provides symmetric key for sender and receiver
AH
IKE
ESP
SA
IPSec uses a set of SA's called the _________
SAD
SADB
SAB
In tunnel mode, IPSec protects the ______
Entire IP packet
IP header
IP payload
IP trailer
In public key cryptosystem _____ keys are used for encryption and decryption.
SAME
DIFFERENT
In public key cryptosystem which is kept as public?
Encryption keys
Decryption keys
In a trapdoor function, the functions are easy to go in
1 direction
2 direction
all direction
Merkle hellman is a symmetric cryptosystem
true
false
3^201 mod 11 =
3
5
6
10
Find x for the CRT when x= 2 mod 3; x= 3 mod 5; x = 2 mod 7
33
23
22
31
How many primitive roots are there for 25?
4
5
7
8
Another name for Merkle-Hellman Cryptosystem is
RC4
Knapsack
Rijndael
Diffie-Hellman
“Elliptic curve cryptography follows the associative property.”
true
false
In the RSA algorithm, we select 2 random large values ‘p’ and ‘q’. Which of the following is the property of ‘p’ and ‘q’?
p and q should be divisible by Ф(n)
p and q should be co-prime
p and q should be prime
p/q should give no remainder
Which Cryptographic system uses C1 = (e1r) mod p and C1 = (e2r x P) mod p at the encryption side?
Elgamal
RSA
Rabin
Whirpool
In Elgamal cryptosystem, given the prime p=31.Choose e1= first primitive root of p and d=10, calculate e2
24
36
25
62
What is the general equation for elliptic curve systems?
y3+b_1 xy+b_2 y=x33+a_1 x2+a_2 x+a_3
y3+b_1 x+b_2 y=x2+a_1 x2+a_2 x+a_3
y2+b_1 xy+b_2 y=x3+a_1 x2+a_2
y2+b_1 xy+b_2 y=x3+a_1 x2+a_2 x+a_3
Which one of the following algorithm is not used in asymmetric-key cryptography?
RSA
Diffie - Hellman
ECB Algorithm
DSA
RSA stands for
Rivest,Shamir,Adleman
Roger,Shamir,Adiran
Robert,Shamir,Anthoney
Which system uses a trusted third party interface?
Public-Key Certificates
Public announcements
Publicly available directories
Public-Key authority
In Public key encryption if A wants to send an encrypted message
A encrypted message using his private key
A encrypted message using B's private key
A encrypted message using B's public key
For p = 11 and q = 19 and choose e=17. Apply RSA algorithm where message=5 and find the cipher text.
80
92
56
23
For p = 11 and q = 19 and choose d=17. Apply RSA algorithm where Cipher message=80 and thus find the plain text.
54
43
5
24
In an RSA system the public key of a given user is e = 31, n = 3599. What is the private key of this user?
3031
2412
2432
1023
Message authentication code is also known as
key code
hash code
keyed hash function
message key hash function
Which one of the following is not an application hash functions?
One-way password file
Key wrapping
Virus Detection
Intrusion detection
SHA-1 produces a hash value of
256 bits
160 bits
180 bits
128 bits
What does the figure represent?
Compression function
Message digest generation using SHA
Elementary SHA operation for single round
Processing of a single 1024 bit block
What is the number of operation required to come up with 2 messages having the same message digest in SHA-512?
2^256
2^512
2^1024
2^128
------------means to prove the identity of the entity that tries to access the system resources
message authentication
entity authentication
message confidentiality
none
A ------- signature is included in the document; a -------- signature is a separate entity
conventional;digital
digital;digital
either (a) or (b)
neither (a) or (b)
Digital Signature provides --------
authentication
non repudiation
both (a) or (b)
neither (a) or (b)
Digital Signature cannot provide -------- for the message
integrity
confidentiality
non repudiation
authentication
A witness used in the entity authentication is ---------
something known
something possessed
something inherent
all the above
Password based authentication can be divided into two broad categories: ---------- and ----------
fixed;variable
time-stamped;fixed
fixed;one-time
none
Challenge response authentication can be done using
symmetric key ciphers
asymmetric key ciphers
keyed hash functions
all of the above
The secret key between members needs to be created as a ------ key when two members contact KDC
public
session
complimentary
none
---------------- is a popular session key creator protocol that requires an authentication server and a ticket granting server
KDC
Kerberos
CA
None
----------------is a federal or state organization that binds a public key to an entity and issues a certificate
KDC
Kerberos
CA
None
Which of the following is not a property of Hash Function?
Pre-Image Resistance
Compression
Fixed Length Output
None of the above
Which of the following options is not correct according to the definition of the Hash Function?
Hash Functions are mathematical functions
They compress the input values
The hash functions work on arbitrary length input but produces fixed length output.
None of the above
"The Hash Function takes an input of arbitrary length and converts it into a fixed length output."
Which of the following names can we use for denoting the output of the hash function?
Hash value
Hash Code
Message Digest
All of the above
The above figure implements authentication and signature only?
true
false
The above figure represents internal error control.
true
false
