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Cryptography Basics Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is cryptography?

a)

A way to store passwords

b)

Scrambling information to protect it

c)

A type of computer virus

d)

A programming language

2.

Which encryption method uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt?

a)

Asymmetric

b)

Caesar Cipher

c)

Symmetric

d)

Public Key

3.

Which encryption method uses two different keys?

a)

Symmetric

b)

Caesar Cipher

c)

Asymmetric

d)

Vigenère Cipher

4.

What is a “key” in cryptography?

a)

A password to unlock a computer

b)

A shared secret used to decrypt data

c)

A type of encryption

d)

A computer virus

5.

What does “decryption” mean?

a)

Encrypting data

b)

Scrambling data

c)

Converting encrypted data back to its original form

d)

Hiding data

6.

Which is faster for ongoing data transmission?

a)

Asymmetric encryption

b)

Symmetric encryption

c)

Caesar Cipher

d)

Public key encryption

7.

What is encryption?

a)

A person who tricks you into giving your password

b)

converting information or data into a code to prevent unauthorized access.

c)

To upload your personal data to the cloud

d)

When there is a security breach in your data

8.

To encrypt a message you need 2 main parts, a _________ & a key

a)

cipher

b)

code

c)

algorithm

d)

crypt

9.

The fundamental problem in cryptography is:

a)

Message secrecy

b)

Key exchange

c)

Lock exchange

d)

Algorithm complexity

10.

_______ 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