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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

Correct Answer :

B. 9 ; the last


Basically, in the AES-128 there are 9 rounds and the last round is different from other rounds.

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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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In Cipher block chaining mode, the current plaintext block is added to the ____.

A. Previous ciphertext block

B. Next ciphertext block

C. Middle ciphertext block

D. None of the mentioned above

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Which of the following is a mode of operation for the Block ciphers in cryptography?

A. Electronic Code Book (ECB)

B. Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)

C. Counter (CTR) mode

D. All of the above

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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 two principles of quantum mechanics on which quantum cryptography are dependent?

A. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and Photon Polarization Principle.

B. Fundamental Principle and Bohr's Model Principle

C. Momentum Principle and Photons Principle

D. Planck's Principle and Fundamental Principle

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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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With symmetric key algorithms, the ____ key is used for the encryption and decryption of data.

A. Different

B. Same

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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Amongst which of the following is/ are showing the goodness of electronic code book,

A. Parallel encryption of blocks of bits is possible

B. It is a faster way of encryption.

C. Simple way of the block cipher.

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 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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_____ ciphers encrypt uniformly sized blocks of data.

A. Set

B. Block

C. Rack

D. All 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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Which of the following modes of operations can be followed for both stream ciphers as well as block ciphers?

A. CBC (Cipher Block Chaining)

B. ECB (Electronic Code Book)

C. CFB (Cipher text Feed Back)

D. All of the above

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What is the full-form of RSA in the RSA encryption technique?

A. Round Security Algorithm

B. Rivest, Shamir, Adleman

C. Robert, Shamir, Addie

D. None of the 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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What is the block size of plain text in SHA- 512 algorithm?

A. 512 bits

B. 1024 bits

C. 2048 bits

D. None of the above

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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)

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Cipher block chaining or CBC is an advancement made on _____.

A. Electronic Code Book

B. Decrypted code

C. System engineering

D. All of the mentioned above

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The above steps are performed in each round of which of the following ciphers?

A. Rail fence cipher

B. Data Encryption Standard (DES)

C. Advance Encryption Standard (AES)

D. None 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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Which of the following is not a principle of data security?

A. Data Confidentiality

B. Data Integrity

C. Authentication

D. None of the above

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To encrypt the plaintext, a cryptographic algorithm works in combination with a key...

A. Word, number, or phrase

B. Special Symbols

C. Function Keys

D. All of these

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Public key cryptography is a ... cryptosystem

A. Symmetric

B. Asymmetric

C. Symmetric & Asymmetric both

D. None of these

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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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The Hash Function takes an input of arbitrary length and converts it into a fixed length output.Which of the following names can we use for denoting the output of the hash function?

A. Hash value

B. Hash Code

C. Message Digest

D. All of the above

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Which of the following is the main disadvantage of the ECB (Electronic Code Book)?orWhich of the following is the major drawback of ECB?

A. It requires large block size

B. Padding is done to make the plain text divisible into blocks of fixed size

C. It is prone to cryptanalysis since there is a direct relationship between plain text and cipher text.

D. None of the above

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How many sub-keys in the total are used by the IDEA for encrypting the plain text into ciphertext?

A. 64 sub- keys

B. 48 sub- keys

C. 52 sub- keys

D. Only one key and no subkeys

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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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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