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WorksheetsDES AES Encryption Standard Quiz
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 45mins
What does DES stand for?
Digital Encryption System
Data Encryption Standard
Data Encryption System
Digital Encryption Standard
What is the internal structure of DES?
Feistel network
Substitution-Permutation network
Transposition network
Diffusion network
What is the process of converting encrypted data back to its original form in DES called?
Encryption
Deciphering
Decryption
Encoding
What is the key length of DES?
32 bits
128 bits
64 bits
56 bits
What is the main concern regarding the security of DES?
Vulnerability to brute force attacks
Inability to encrypt large files
Complexity of the algorithm
Incompatibility with modern systems
What is the algorithm of ceasar's cipher?
Each letter is replaced with a particular symbol
Each letter is replaced with a letter a certain number of steps down the alphabet
Each letter is replaced with a particular number from 0 to 26, and numbers are replaced with letters.
Each letter is replaced with a completely random number
What is symmetric encryption?
When users use the same key to encrypt communication.
When users use the same line of communication.
When users use the same operating systems.
When users use the same font in messages
The process of converting plaintext to ciphertext.
cryptography
cyphertext
decryption
encryption
A string of text that has been converted to a secure form using encryption.
encryption
decryption
ciphertext
plaintext
hello has been encrypted with Caesar cipher to khoor. The key used was:
abc
3
2
xyz
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
What is encryption?
Building tombs
Protecting data by scrambling it
Unscrambling data to read it
Exploring church basements
What do you call the algorithm used to encrypt data?
Flux capacitor
Oscillation overthruster
Cipher
Transmogrifier
What do we call scrambled, encrypted data?
Garbage
Ciphertext
Plaintext
Gibberish
What do we call unscrambled, readable data?
ASCII
Ciphertext
Plaintext
Purple prose
Who used the Caesar Cipher?
Augustus Caesar
Hadrian Caesar
Julius Caesar
Palpatine Caesar
Who worked out how to break the German Enigma code?
Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Shearer
Alan Turing
Alan Partridge
Which engineer designed and built Colossus, the Lorenz cipher cracking computer?
Tommy Fury
Tommy Flowers
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Cooper
Which two fictional characters are used to describe encryption scenarios and algorithms?
Bob and Alice
Bonnie and Clyde
Boris and Alistair
Bert and Ernie
Which protocol should you use if shopping online?
FTP
SMTP
HTTP
HTTPS
Which of these do you need to keep secret?
The cipher algorithm
Your public encryption key
Your private decryption key
Your MAC address
Encryption converts plain text into cipher text.
TRUE
FALSE
Encryption requires an encryption algorithm that must be secret.
TRUE
FALSE
The same key used to encrypt must be used to decrypt.
TRUE
FALSE
Asymmetric encryption begins with a receiver having a public key and a private key.
TRUE
FALSE
An individual can have many public keys.
TRUE
FALSE
Match each word with the correct explanation.
Nothing should happen to prevent the receiver from receiving the transmission.
Authenticity
Availability
Integrity
Non-repudiation
Match each word with the correct explanation.
Only the intended recipient should be able to decrypt the ciphertext.
Authenticity
Availability
Integrity
Non-repudiation
Availability
Match each word with the correct explanation.
The receiver must be certain who sent the ciphertext.
Authenticity
Availability
Integrity
Non-repudiation
Availability
Match each word with the correct explanation.
Neither sender nor receiver should be
able to deny involvement in the transmission.
Authenticity
Availability
Integrity
Non-repudiation
Availability
Match each word with the correct explanation.
The ciphertext must not be modified
during transmission
Authenticity
Availability
Integrity
Non-repudiation
Availability
AES uses a key size of __________ bits.
128, 192 or 256
64, 128 or 192
192 or 256
64 or 256
Like DES, AES also uses Feistel Structure.
True
False
How many rounds does the AES-192 perform?
10
12
14
16
Amongst which of the following is / are true with reference to the rounds in AES –
Byte Substitution
Shift Row
Mix Column and Key Addition
All mentioned
The process of decryption of an AES ciphertext is similar to the encryption process in the ______.
Reverse order
Next order
Both A and B
AES uses a blocking size of?
128 bits
192 bits
256 bits
512 bits
The acronym AES stands for?
American Encryption Standard
American Encryption System
Advanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Encryption System
Which algorithm among - MARS, Blowfish, RC6 and Rijndael - was chosen as the AES algorithm?
MARS
Blowfish
RC6
Rijndael
The 4×4 byte matrices in the AES algorithm are called
Words
States
Transitions
Permutations
The word 'encryption' means to ----------- a message so that no one else can understand it.
Copy
scramble
delete
solve
The word---------- means to unscramble a message so that it makes sense again.
Send
key
decryption
cipher
The original message is sometimes called--------- , and the encrypted message is sometimes called------------
plaintext
algorithm
key
ciphertext
The is a special value used in encryption. Knowing this value should make it easy to decrypt a message. Not knowing it should make it very difficult.
cipher
key
algorithm
spoon
_____ is a type of encryption. Knowing which ______ was used is essential if you want to turn it back into a readable message.
transmission
cipher
plaintext
decipher
True or false? The Atbash Cipher uses a key, which the person receiving the message must use to decrypt it.
true
false
True or false? When using the Atbash Cipher, the letters of the alphabet are written out twice, once forwards and once backwards.
true
false
Encrypt this plaintext message: BACK
ejfd
gtyj
yzxp
vbuk
Decrypt this ciphertext message: HKRVH
spies
Pies
cooks
paint
True or false? The Caesar Cipher uses a key which the person receiving the message must use to decrypt it.
true
false
True or false? When using the Caesar Cipher the letters in the ciphertext row should be shifted to the right
true
false
Use the Caesar Cipher with Key 1 to encrypt this plaintext message: CODES
frkhv
hftgh
bhfrh
frghv
Use the Caesar Cipher with Key 3 to decrypt this ciphertext message: HDVLOB
easy
easier
easily
eastly
DES follows
Hash Algorithm
Caesars Cipher
Feistel Cipher Structure
SP Networks
The DES Algorithm Cipher System consists of (a) rounds (iterations) each with a round key
Data Encryption Standard (DES) uses a __________.
Stream Cipher
Bit Cipher
Block Cipher
Substitution Cipher
In the DES algorithm, although the key size is 64 bits only 48bits are used for the encryption procedure, the rest are parity bits.
True
False
In the DES algorithm the round key is __________ bit and the Round Input is ____________bits.
a) 48, 32
b) 64,32
c) 56, 24
d) 32, 32
In the DES algorithm the Round Input is 32 bits, which is expanded to 48 bits via ____________
P-box
Expansion P-box
S- box
Expansion S-box
The number of unique substitution boxes in DES after the 48 bit XOR operation are
8
4
6
12
In the DES algorithm the 64 bit key input is shortened to 56 bits by ignoring every 4th bit.
True
False
"Technique of combining words to hide information "
What is the above statement referring to?
Crypto currency
Psychology
Cryptography
Biology
In cryptography, plaintext is also known as
Ordinary text
Straight text
Reverse text
Cleartext
Using cryptography techniques, plaintext is converted to
cryptotext
ciphertext
inverted text
coded text
The method of hiding the actual meaning of plaintext is called
key
decryption
encryption
plaintext
The method of the meaning of ciphertext is recovered is called
encryption
recovery
revival
decryption
Who is the person that used cryptography in sending message to his generals?
Christopher Columbus
Julius Caesar
Isaac Newton
Charles Dickens
Method of encrypting text is known as
writing
keying
cipher
typing
The two types of cipher are
secret cipher
caesar cipher
conceal cipher
polyalphabetic cipher
Using table above for Caesar Cipher, convert the plaintext "GORENG" to ciphertext
HPSFOP
HPSFAQ
HPSFOH
HPSFAD
Using table above for Caesar Cipher, convert the plaintext "DUDUK" to ciphertext
EVEVQ
EVEVL
EVEVP
EVEVR
Encrypted text that will appear to be a random string.
Encryption
Plaintext
Ciphertext
It is a value that is known to the sender.
Decryption Key
Encryption Key
PKI
It is also called as private key cryptography.
Symmetric Cryptosystem
Asymmetric Cryptosystem
Decryption Key
It is a science that applies complex
mathematics and logic to design strong encryption
methods.
Cryptosystem
Cryptography
Encryption
It is pair of algorithms that take a key and convert plaintext to ciphertext and
back.
Cryptosystem
Cryptography
Decryption
The original message in its original legible form.
Ciphertext
Plaintext
Text Message
One key is used for data encryption and another for data decryption.
Symmetric Cryptosystem
Asymmetric Cryptosystem
Asymmetric Key
In hardware-based cryptography, it is dependent on the operating system.
TRUE
FALSE
In software-based cryptography, it uses shared hardware, thus slower to execute.
TRUE
FALSE
In software-based cryptography, software implementations can be easily reverse engineered.
TRUE
FALSE
DES stands for?
(a)
What does 3DES stands for?
(a)
What does AES stands for?
(a)
NIST stands for?
(a)
It is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes or dits and dahs.
Caesar Cipher
Morse Code
Venn Diagram
