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Among the following given options, chose the strongest encryption technique?

A. DES ( Data Encryption Standard)

B. Double DES

C. Triple DES

D. AES (Advance Encryption Standard)

Correct Answer :

D. AES (Advance Encryption Standard)


It has been proved that the AES performs much better than the all the other DES, whether it be single DES or series of DES.

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Which possible Attacks in Quantum Cryptography can take place?

A. Possible Attacks in Quantum Cryptography and Birthday Attack

B. Birthday attack and Boomerang attack

C. Brute force attack and Faked-State-Attack

D. Possible Attacks in Quantum Cryptography and Faked-State Attack

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The number of rounds in the AES algorithm depends upon the key size being used.Which among the following shows a correct relation between the size of the key used and the number of rounds performed in the AES algorithm?

A. 128 key size: 10 rounds

B. 192 key size: 12 rounds

C. 256 key size: 14 rounds

D. All of the above

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Security Goals of Cryptography are

A. Confidentiality

B. Authenticityn

C. Data integrityn

D. All of these

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_____ and ______ protocol models can be extended to Entangled particles theory.

A. SARG04 and HTTP

B. FTP and SSP

C. SARG04 and SSP

D. HTTP and FTP

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Which of the following is not a property of Hash Function?

A. Pre-Image Resistance

B. Compression

C. Fixed Length Output

D. None of the above

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In the case of symmetric key encryption, the secret key that both the parties possess can be anything such as a _______.

A. Passcode or a password

B. Developed code

C. Network set

D. None of the mentioned above

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Which one of the following algorithms is not used in asymmetric-key cryptography?

A. DSA algorithm

B. Electronic code book algorithm

C. Diffie-Hellman algorithm

D. RSA algorithm

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For which of the following should EBC (Electronic Code Book) process not be used for encryption?

A. For large block sizes

B. For fixed block sizes

C. For small block sizes

D. None of the above

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Which of the following cipher techniques include the involvement of matrix operations in their algorithms of encryption and decryption?

A. Hill Cipher

B. Playfair cipher

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

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ElGamal encryption system is an asymmetric key encryption algorithm.

A. Public-key cryptography

B. Private-key cryptography

C. Both

D. None of these

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RSA algorithm is ____ cryptography algorithm.

A. Systematic

B. Symmetric

C. Asymmetric

D. None of the mentioned above

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Which of the following are used to create a message digest by the network security protocols?

A. RSA

B. SHA-1

C. DES

D. MD5

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Amongst which of the following is / are true with reference to the rounds in AES

A. Byte Substitution

B. Shift Row

C. Mix Column and Key Addition

D. All of the mentioned above

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Which of the following cannot be chosen as a key in the Caesar cipher?

A. An integer

B. An alphabet (A-Z or a-z)

C. A string

D. None of the above

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The process of decryption of an AES ciphertext is similar to the encryption process in the ______.

A. Reverse order

B. Next order

C. Both A and B

D. All of the mentioned above

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In the AES-128 algorithm there are mainly __________ similar rounds and _________ round is different from other round.

A. 5 similar rounds having 2 pair ; every alternate

B. 9 ; the last

C. 8 ; the first and last

D. 10 ; no

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Which of the following security services cannot be achieved using the Hash functions?ORWhich of the following is not possible through hash value?

A. Password Check

B. Data Integrity check

C. Digital Signatures

D. Data retrieval in its original form

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_____ and encryption is two separate cryptographic processes.

A. Hashing

B. Decryption

C. Processing

D. None of the mentioned above

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Encryption algorithms are divided into two categories based on the ______.

A. Output type

B. Input type

C. Process type

D. All of the mentioned above

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The private key in asymmetric key cryptography is kept by

A. Sender

B. Receiver

C. Sender and receiver

D. All the connected devices to the network

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The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is an example of a ...

A. Conventional cryptosystem

B. Asymmetric cryptosystem

C. Caesar's cryptosystem

D. All of these

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Post-Quantum Cryptography is a classical cryptographic scheme that is conjectured to be secure against ____.

A. Quantum adversaries

B. Quantum integration

C. Quantum hash

D. None of the mentioned above

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Conventional cryptography also known as ... encryption.

A. asymmetric-key

B. logical-key

C. symmetric-key

D. None of these

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Study with quantum computers of future being expected to solve the discrete logarithmic problem and the popularly know cryptography methods such as AES, RSA, DES, quantum cryptography becomes which solution?

A. Quantum Solution

B. Foreseen Solution

C. Cryptographic Solution

D. Block Cipher Solution

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With reference to Cipher Feedback (CFB) Mode, amongst which of the following is /are true,

A. Each ciphertext block gets 'fed back' into the encryption process

B. Encrypt the next plaintext block

C. Both A and B

D. None of the mentioned above

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Cipher in cryptography is

A. Encrypted message

B. Algorithm for performing encryption and decryption

C. Both algorithm for performing encryption and decryption and encrypted message

D. Decrypted message

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Block ciphers accumulate symbols in a message of a ______.

A. Fixed size

B. Variable

C. Integration

D. All of the mentioned above

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A hash function is a _____ that converts a numerical input value into another compressed numerical value.

A. Abstract view

B. Mathematical function

C. Both A and B

D. None of the mentioned above

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How many elements are used in cryptography tools?

A. 1

B. 4

C. 6

D. 3

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The DES (Data Encryption Standard) cipher follows the fiestal structure. Which of the following properties are not shown by the fiestal structure?

A. The input text is divided into two parts: one being left half and another one being right half.

B. Swapping of the left and right halves are performed after each round.

C. The plain text is converted into a matrix form first

D. None of the above