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[AP CSP] Cryptography and Ciphers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text is known as?

a)

Caesar Cipher

b)

Encryption

c)

Cipher Text

d)

Decryption

2.

an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption

a)

cipher

b)

decoder

c)

encryption

d)

key

3.

The process of converting plaintext to ciphertext.

a)

cryptography

b)

cyphertext

c)

decryption

d)

encryption

4.

When it is difficult for a computer to solve a problem in a reasonable amount of time, that problem is considered...

a)

computationally hard

b)

heuristic

c)

unsolvable

d)

complex

e)

exponentially impossible

5.

The random substitution cipher...

a)

is an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to another randomly chosen letter of the alphabet.

b)

is a technique for encryption that shifts the entire alphabet by some number of characters.

c)

is an encryption technique involves shifting the alphabet differently per character in the key?

d)

is the public key cryptosystem that can used only for key exchange (like mixing paint).

6.

The Caesar cipher...

a)

is an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to another randomly chosen letter of the alphabet.

b)

is a technique for encryption that shifts the entire alphabet by some number of characters.

c)

is an encryption technique involves shifting the alphabet differently per character in the key

d)

is the public key cryptosystem that can used only for key exchange (like mixing paint).

7.

The vigenere cipher...

a)

is an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to another randomly chosen letter of the alphabet.

b)

is a technique for encryption that shifts the entire alphabet by some number of characters.

c)

is an encryption technique involves shifting the alphabet differently per character in the key

d)

is the public key cryptosystem that can used only for key exchange (like mixing paint).

8.

an attempt to forcibly decode a secret message without knowing the specifics of the cipher

a)

brute force

b)

decrpytion

c)

cipher

d)

hacking

9.

Plaintext

a)

original message

b)

coded message

c)

algorithm for transforming plaintext to ciphertext

d)

info used in cipher known only to sender/receiver

10.

ciphertext

a)

•field of both cryptography and cryptanalysis

b)

•study of encryption principles/methods

c)

•converting plaintext to ciphertext

d)

•coded message

11.

cipher

a)

•study of principles/methods of deciphering ciphertext without knowing key

b)

•converting plaintext to ciphertext

c)

•coded message

d)

algorithm for transforming plaintext to ciphertext

12.

key

a)

algorithm for transforming plaintext to ciphertext

b)

info used in cipher known only to sender/receiver

c)

•recovering ciphertext from plaintext

d)

•converting plaintext to ciphertext

13.

Study of letters or groups of letters contained in a ciphertext in an attempt to partially reveal the message is called:

a)

Frequency analysis

b)

Cryptography

c)

Encription

d)

Decription

14.

_______ 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

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.