INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOGRAPHY
PRACTICE PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● 1976. Answer: Diffie Hellman published new Discoveries in
Cryptography
● 1977. Answer: DES was adopted as a standard by US Federal
Government
● 1978. Answer: Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman discovered the first
practical public key encryption scheme RSA
● 1980. Answer: Major advances in theoretical study of cryptography
● 1985. Answer: EICamal scheme was invented
● 1991. Answer: First international standard for digital signatures based
on RSA was adopted
● Cryptography objectives "Data". Answer: - Privacy or Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Message Authentication
PRACTICE PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● 1976. Answer: Diffie Hellman published new Discoveries in
Cryptography
● 1977. Answer: DES was adopted as a standard by US Federal
Government
● 1978. Answer: Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman discovered the first
practical public key encryption scheme RSA
● 1980. Answer: Major advances in theoretical study of cryptography
● 1985. Answer: EICamal scheme was invented
● 1991. Answer: First international standard for digital signatures based
on RSA was adopted
● Cryptography objectives "Data". Answer: - Privacy or Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Message Authentication
