LATEST UPDATE, 2024/25. WGU C839 - Pre-Assessment: Introduction to Cryptography, Questions and answers, VERIFIED.

WGU C839 - Pre-Assessment: Introduction to Cryptography, Questions and answers, VERIFIED. Which encryption standard uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt messages? - -Symmetric Key Encryption Which algorithm is designated as a Type 2 product by the National Security Agency (NSA)? - SKIPJACK What is the most commonly used format for certificates? - -X.509 v3 *Version 3* What is referenced to determine if a certificate has been revoked? - -Certificate Revocation List *(CRL)* What needs to be installed on *end users' computers* to allow them to *trust* applications that have been *digitally signed* by the developer? - -Sender's public key *(DEVELOPER's)* Which type of certificate *must be certified by an authority* to verify it with other participants? - Public Certificate What is an attribute of the Rivest Cipher 4 (RC4) algorithm? - -It requires a unique nonce. *(# used ONCE)* Which mode generates the key stream with a nonce and incrementing value? - -Counter (CTR) *Generates the next keystream block* by encrypting successive *values* of a "counter