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Chapter 6 (Fundamentals of Cybersecurity

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cryptography is the art of transforming information called (a)   into an unreadable form (ciphertext) using a secret key

2.

Which process involves transforming plaintext into ciphertext using a key

a)
encryption
b)
scrambling
c)
decryption
d)
encoding
3.

Which process involves transforming ciphertext into plaintext using a key

a)
encryption
b)
scrambling
c)
decryption
d)
encoding
4.

What term is used to verify the identity of an individual using digital signatures and public-key cryptography?

(a)  

5.

Which of the following uses an immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions?

a)
Blockchain
b)
Decentralized Network
c)
Centralized Database
d)
Mutable Ledger
6.

Which of the following are limitations to cryptography?

a)

Key management can be complex

b)

New vulnerabilities may emerge

c)

Quantum computing threatens existing algorithms

d)

Key length does not affect security.

7.

Which of the following are common cryptographic algorithms?

a)

Ceasar Cipher

b)

OTP

c)

Hashing

d)

LTP

8.

Which type of cryptographic algorithm uses public and private keys for encryption and authentication?

a)
Asymmetric encryption
b)
Symmetric encryption
c)
Digital signature
d)
Hashing algorithm
9.

Which vulnerability is finding two different messages that produce the same hash value?

a)
Collision attack
b)
Message clash
c)
Duplicate hash
d)
Hash collision
10.

Which command will generate an MD5 hash from a Linux prompt?

a)
md5gen
b)
md5sum
c)
md5check
d)
md5hash