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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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A. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and Photon Polarization Principle.


Quantum mechanics on which quantum cryptography depends are Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and Photon Polarization Principle.

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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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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 Feedback Mode is given as feedback to the ____ of encryption with some new specifications.

A. Next block

B. Previous block

C. Middle block

D. All of the mentioned 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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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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Quantum cryptography is the science of exploiting quantum mechanical properties to perform _____.

A. Cryptographic system

B. Cryptographic tasks

C. Decryption system

D. None of the mentioned above

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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is the output of the N 1024-bit blocks from the Nth stage in this?

A. 512 bits

B. 1024 bits

C. N x 1024bits

D. N x 512 bits

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 is /are offered by the Hash functions?

A. Authentication

B. Non repudiation

C. Data Integrity

D. All of the 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 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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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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Security Goals of Cryptography are

A. Confidentiality

B. Authenticityn

C. Data integrityn

D. All of these

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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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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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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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Which of the following ciphers is a block cipher?

A. Caesar cipher

B. Vernam cipher

C. Playfair cipher

D. None of the 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