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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

Correct Answer :

D. All of the mentioned above


The rounds in AES are as follows: Byte Substitution, Shift Row, Mix Column, and Key Addition (in order of appearance).

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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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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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Data encryption standard is a block cipher and encrypts data in blocks of size of _____ each.

A. 16 bits

B. 64 bits

C. 32 bits

D. All 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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_____ and encryption is two separate cryptographic processes.

A. Hashing

B. Decryption

C. Processing

D. None of the mentioned above

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Digital Signatures authenticates the sender by appending the original message with the ____ digest.

A. Decrypted message

B. Encrypted message

C. Systematic approach

D. None of the mentioned above

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All the below-stated processes are performed in the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) Algorithm. Which of the following process(s) are not performed in the final round of the AES?
a) Substitution bytes
b) Shift rows
c) Mix columns
d) Add round key
Options

A. i.

B. iii.

C. All of the mentioned

D. None of the mentioned

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Which of the following properties are the characteristic properties of a block cipher technique which differs from stream cipher?

A. Avalanche effect

B. Completeness

C. Both a. and b.

D. None of the above

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Basically, in SHA-512, the message is divided into blocks of size ___ bits for the hash computation.

A. 1024

B. 512

C. 256

D. 1248

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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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Which of the following is /are offered by the Hash functions?

A. Authentication

B. Non repudiation

C. Data Integrity

D. All of the above

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What is the output of a cryptographic hash function means?

A. A variable set of bits

B. A fixed set of bits, derived from one-way mathematical operations

C. An output which may be easily discovered by an adversary

D. Outputs of such functions are of no importance

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You are supposed to use hill cipher for encryption technique. You are provided with the following matrix,
Is the given matrix 'A', a valid key to be used for encryption?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Can't be determined

D. Data insufficient

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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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Hash functions are used in ___ and have variable levels of complexity and difficulty.

A. System approach

B. Cyber safe

C. Cryptography

D. None of the mentioned above

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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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_____ ciphers encrypt uniformly sized blocks of data.

A. Set

B. Block

C. Rack

D. All of the mentioned above

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We are provided the plain text SUN. You need to convert the given plain text into ciphertext under the Ceasar cipher encryption technique. Which of the following options is the correct ciphertext for the given text if the key is 2?

A. UWP

B. NUS

C. WUP

D. QSL

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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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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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When a hash function is used to provide message authentication, the hash function value is called to as:

A. Message Field

B. Message Digest

C. Message Score

D. Message Leap

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Using Rivest, Shamir, Adleman cryptosystem with p=7 and q=9. Encrypt M=24 to find ciphertext. The Ciphertext is:

A. 42

B. 93

C. 114

D. 103

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Which is the cryptographic protocol that is used to protect an HTTP connection?

A. Resource reservation protocol

B. SCTP

C. TLS

D. ECN

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A key is a string of bits used by a cryptographic algorithm to transform plain text into ciphertext. Which of the following is capable of becoming a key in a cryptographic algorithm?

A. An integer values

B. A square matrix

C. An array of characters (i.e. a string)

D. All of the above

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Which of the following options is not correct according to the definition of the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)?

A. CBC is a mode of operation for stream ciphers.

B. Initialization vector (IV) is used in CBC in the initial phase.

C. It has better resistive nature towards cryptanalysis than ECB

D. None of the above

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When do we compare the AES with DES, which of the following functions from DES does not have an equivalent AES function in cryptography?

A. f function

B. permutation p

C. swapping of halves

D. xor of subkey with function f

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The greatest threat is to public cryptography or asymmetric algorithms used for ____.

A. Digital signatures and

B. Key exchange

C. Both A and B

D. None of the mentioned above

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Amongst which of the following is /are good for Hashes,

A. Password protection

B. Data integrity / file verification

C. Digital signatures and virus signatures

D. All of the mentioned above

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Hash functions are mathematical functions that transform or map a given set of data into a bit string of fixed size, also known as the hash value.

A. Hash value

B. Map value

C. Both A and B

D. None of the mentioned above

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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