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Cryptography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country do hieroglyphics come from?

a)

Greece

b)

South Africa

c)

Spain

d)

Egypt

2.

How many symbols are there in the Martian alphabet?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

5

d)

2

3.

Who invented the Enigma Cipher Machine?

a)

The Americans

b)

The Germans

c)

The British

d)

The Mexicans

4.

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

5.

Who used the Enigma Cipher Machine?

a)

British codebreakers

b)

Italian codebreakers

c)

Spanish codebreakers

d)

German codebreakers

6.

Can you break this code?

a)

Orange = 10

b)

Orange = 5

c)

Orange = 6

d)

Orange = 2

7.

This is an example of what type of cipher?

a)

Enigma cipher

b)

Pigpen cipher

c)

Stream cipher

d)

Atbash cipher

8.

Before computers why were messages usually encrypted?

a)

They weren't encrypted before computers

b)

To share messages with people who were clever enough to solve them

c)

So in war Commanders/leaders could communicate safely with their troops

d)

All of these reasons

9.

Who was the first know user of the Caesar Code?

a)

Caesar Romanus

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Alan Turing

d)

There isn't one

10.

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

11.

What machine was used during WWII to encrypt and decrypt German messages?

a)

Enigma

b)

Secret

c)

Atbash

d)

Puzzler

12.

An encryption key is used to help decrypt messages

a)

True

b)

False

13.

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

a)

Cipher Text

b)

Simple Text

c)

Plain Text

d)

Filled Text

14.

An encryption algorithm transforms plain text into:

a)

Cipher text

b)

Empty Text

c)

Simple Text

d)

Plain Text

15.

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.

16.

What is the process of converting ciphertext into plaintext called?

a)

encryption

b)

plaintext

c)

decryption

d)

cryptography

17.

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)

Symbols cannot be encrypted

c)

It would be relatively easy to decipher after encryption

d)

All of the above

18.

What is the algorithm of Caesar's cipher?

a)

Each letter is replaced with a particular symbol

b)

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

c)

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

19.

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

a)

off

b)

scary

c)

away

d)

hidden

20.

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