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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

Correct Answer :

D. All of the above


The Hash functions offer all the mentioned properties in a data compression: i.e. authentication, Non repudiation and Data Integrity.

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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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Which of the following options correctly defines the Brute force attack?

A. Brutally forcing the user to share the useful information like pins and passwords.

B. Trying every possible key to decrypt the message.

C. One entity pretends to be some other entity

D. The message or information is modified before sending it to the receiver.

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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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Which of the following modes of operation in DES is used for operating?

A. Cipher Feedback Mode (CFB)

B. Cipher Block chaining (CBC)

C. Electronic code book (ECB)

D. Output Feedback Modes (OFB)

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Security Goals of Cryptography are

A. Confidentiality

B. Authenticityn

C. Data integrityn

D. All of these

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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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_____ ciphers encrypt uniformly sized blocks of data.

A. Set

B. Block

C. Rack

D. All of the mentioned above

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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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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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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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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 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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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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An initialization vector (IV) or starting variable (SV) is a block of bits that is used by several modes to _____.

A. Randomize the decryption

B. Randomize the encryption

C. Minimize and maximize the randomization

D. None of the mentioned above

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What does IDEA stand for in the world of cryptography?orThe IDEA word in the IDEA algorithm is the abbreviation for which of the following?

A. Independent Decryption Environment Analysis

B. International Defense Encryption Area

C. International Data Encryption Algorithm

D. None 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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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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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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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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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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Codes and ciphers are different ways to _____ a message.

A. Encrypt

B. Decrypt

C. Both A and B

D. All of the mentioned above

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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

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Which of the following options is not correct according to the definition of the Hash Function?

A. Hash Functions are mathematical functions

B. They compress the input values

C. The hash functions work on arbitrary length input but produces fixed length output.

D. None of the above