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P3 IAS 2 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a substitution cipher do?

a)

Changes the order of letters in a message

b)

Replaces each letter with another letter or symbol

c)

Scrambles the words in a sentence

d)

Converts letters into binary code

2.

In a basic shift cipher, what happens to each letter in the message?

a)

It is replaced with a symbol

b)

It is moved a certain number of places in the alphabet

c)

It is deleted from the message

d)

It is converted into a number

3.

If you apply SC 3 (Shift Right by 9) starting from the letter "B", what would be the next new letter?

a)

K

b)

L

c)

M

d)

J

4.

Which of the following makes a substitution cipher stronger?

a)

Increasing the shifting value

b)

Using multiple shifts or additional transformations

c)

Writing the text in uppercase letters

d)

Making the message shorter

5.

What is the main principle of a transposition cipher?

a)

Replacing each letter with a different letter

b)

Encoding text using ASCII values

c)

Encrypting using mathematical functions

d)

Changing the order of letters in the message

6.

If the phrase "SACK GAUL SPARE NO ONE" is encrypted using a transposition cipher, what happens?

a)

The order of the words and letters are scrambled

b)

The letters are shifted forward

c)

Each letter is replaced with another letter

d)

The message becomes unreadable and cannot be decrypted

7.

Which of the following makes a transposition cipher harder to break?

a)

Using longer messages

b)

Applying multiple transpositions in sequence

c)

Only using it for short messages

d)

Using numbers instead of letters

8.

Which of the following is true about transposition ciphers?

a)

They only work with short messages

b)

They completely change the meaning of a message

c)

The letters remain the same but their positions are altered

d)

They are impossible to decrypt

9.

What is the primary reason RSA encryption is considered secure?

a)

The difficulty of multiplying two prime numbers

b)

Computers cannot handle mathematical problems

c)

The computational complexity of factoring two large prime numbers

d)

The ease of using symmetric keys in encryption

10.

What is the correct formula to compute `N` in the RSA algorithm?

a)

N=p+q

b)

N=p×q

c)

N=p−q

d)

N=p^q

11.

What condition must be satisfied when selecting E (the public exponent)?

a)

It must be equal to the private exponent

b)

It must be an even number

c)

It must be a prime number

d)

It must be greater than the Totient φ(N)

12.

What equation must be satisfied when computing the private exponent D?

a)

(D×E)mod  N=1

b)

(D+E)mod  φ(N)=1

c)

(D×E)mod  φ(N)=1

d)

(D−E)mod  φ(N)=1

13.

Who were the developers of the RSA algorithm?

a)

Ron Rivers, Adi Sharif, and Leonard Alderman

b)

Ron Reeves, Adi Shapiro, and Leonard Adelson

c)

Ron Rives, Adi Shamur, and Leonard Aldemann

d)

Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman

14.

What is the purpose of the private key in RSA encryption?

a)

It is used to decrypt messages encrypted with the public key

b)

It is shared with everyone to encrypt messages

c)

It generates the totient function φ(N)

d)

It selects the two prime numbers used in RSA

15.

Which of the following is true about RSA encryption?

a)

The same key is used for both encryption and decryption

b)

Only the private key decrypts a public-key message

c)

RSA is a symmetric encryption algorithm

d)

A message encrypted with the private key cannot be decrypted