WGU C839 - INTRO TO CRYPTOGRAPHY COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED |ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+ |NEWEST EDITION 2024
The most widely used asymmetric encryption algorithm is what?
A RSA
B Vigenere
C DES
D Caesar Cipher - (correct answer) A
What type of encryption uses different keys to encrypt and decrypt the message?
A Symmetric
B Private key
C Secure
D Asymmetric - (correct answer) D
Original, unencrypted information is referred to as ____.
A text
B plaintext
C cleantext
D ciphertext - (correct answer) B
Which of the following is NOT an asymmetric system?
A PGP
B RSA
C SSL
D DES - (correct answer) D
In order for User A to send User B an encrypted message that only User B can read,
User A must encrypt message with which of the following keys?
A User A's public key
B User A's private key
C User B's public key
D User B's private key - (correct answer) C
The greatest weakness with symmetric algorithms is _____.
A They are less secure than asymmetric
B The problem of key exchange
C They are slower than asymmetric
,D The problem of generating keys - (correct answer) B
Which of the following is generally true about block sizes?
A Smaller block sizes increase security
B Block sizes must be more than 256 bits to be secure
C Block size is irrelevant to security
D Larger block sizes increase security - (correct answer) D
A _____ is a function that takes a variable-size input m and returns a fixed-size string.
A Symmetric cipher
B Hash
C Asymmetric cipher
D Feistel - (correct answer) B
Which of the following is a cryptographic protocol that allows two parties to establish a
shared key over an insecure channel?
A Elliptic Curve
B RSA
C MD5
D Diffie-Hellman - (correct answer) D
A _________ is a digital representation of information that identifies you as a relevant
entity by a trusted third party?
A Digital Signature
B Hash
C Ownership stamp
D Digest - (correct answer) A
What is the standard used by most digital certificates?
A X.509
B CRL
C RFC 2298
D OCSP - (correct answer) A
DES uses keys of what size?
A 56 bits
B 192 bits
C 128 bits
D 64 bits - (correct answer) A
,Which of the following is NOT a key size used by AES?
A 512 bits
B 128 bits
C 192 bits
D 256 bits - (correct answer) A
Which of the following was a multi alphabet cipher widely used from the 16th century
(1553) to the early 20th century (1900s)?
A Vigenere
B Caesar
C Atbash
D Scytale - (correct answer) A
Which of the following is a substitution cipher used by ancient Hebrew scholars?
A Caesar
B Vigenere
C Scytale
D Atbash - (correct answer) D
Shifting each letter in the alphabet a fixed number of spaces to the right or left is an
example of what?
A Bit shifting
B Confusion
C Multi substitution
D Single substitution - (correct answer) D
Which of the following most accurately defines encryption?
A changing a message so it can only be easily read by the intended recipient
B Making binary changes to a message to conceal it
C changing a message using complex mathematics
D Applying keys to plain text - (correct answer) A
If you use substitution alone, what weakness is present in the resulting cipher text?
A It is the same length as the original text
B It is easily broken with modern computers.
C It is too simple.
D Because it maintains letter and word frequency. - (correct answer) D
, _____ uses at least two different shifts, changing the shift with different letters in the
plain text.
A Atbash
B multi-alphabet encryption
C Scytale
D Caesar cipher - (correct answer) B
____ was designed to provide built in cryptography for the clipper chip.
A Blowfish
B Skipjack
C GOST
D 3DES - (correct answer) B
Which of the following uses an 80 bit key on 64 bit blocks?
A Twofish
B AES
C Skipjack
D DES - (correct answer) C
With _____, the message is divided into blocks and each block is encrypted separately.
This is the most basic mode for symmetric encryption.
A Electronic codebook (ECB)
B Cipher-block chaining (CBC)
C Cipher feedback (CFB)
D Output feedback (OFB) - (correct answer) A
Which of the following is an example of an unbalanced Feistel?
A 3DES
B Skipjack
C Twofish
D AES - (correct answer) B
This process is done by having each block of plaintext is XORed with the previous
ciphertext block before being encrypted.
A Output feedback (OFB)
B Cipher-block chaining (CBC)
C Electronic codebook (ECB)
D Cipher feedback (CFB) - (correct answer) B
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED |ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+ |NEWEST EDITION 2024
The most widely used asymmetric encryption algorithm is what?
A RSA
B Vigenere
C DES
D Caesar Cipher - (correct answer) A
What type of encryption uses different keys to encrypt and decrypt the message?
A Symmetric
B Private key
C Secure
D Asymmetric - (correct answer) D
Original, unencrypted information is referred to as ____.
A text
B plaintext
C cleantext
D ciphertext - (correct answer) B
Which of the following is NOT an asymmetric system?
A PGP
B RSA
C SSL
D DES - (correct answer) D
In order for User A to send User B an encrypted message that only User B can read,
User A must encrypt message with which of the following keys?
A User A's public key
B User A's private key
C User B's public key
D User B's private key - (correct answer) C
The greatest weakness with symmetric algorithms is _____.
A They are less secure than asymmetric
B The problem of key exchange
C They are slower than asymmetric
,D The problem of generating keys - (correct answer) B
Which of the following is generally true about block sizes?
A Smaller block sizes increase security
B Block sizes must be more than 256 bits to be secure
C Block size is irrelevant to security
D Larger block sizes increase security - (correct answer) D
A _____ is a function that takes a variable-size input m and returns a fixed-size string.
A Symmetric cipher
B Hash
C Asymmetric cipher
D Feistel - (correct answer) B
Which of the following is a cryptographic protocol that allows two parties to establish a
shared key over an insecure channel?
A Elliptic Curve
B RSA
C MD5
D Diffie-Hellman - (correct answer) D
A _________ is a digital representation of information that identifies you as a relevant
entity by a trusted third party?
A Digital Signature
B Hash
C Ownership stamp
D Digest - (correct answer) A
What is the standard used by most digital certificates?
A X.509
B CRL
C RFC 2298
D OCSP - (correct answer) A
DES uses keys of what size?
A 56 bits
B 192 bits
C 128 bits
D 64 bits - (correct answer) A
,Which of the following is NOT a key size used by AES?
A 512 bits
B 128 bits
C 192 bits
D 256 bits - (correct answer) A
Which of the following was a multi alphabet cipher widely used from the 16th century
(1553) to the early 20th century (1900s)?
A Vigenere
B Caesar
C Atbash
D Scytale - (correct answer) A
Which of the following is a substitution cipher used by ancient Hebrew scholars?
A Caesar
B Vigenere
C Scytale
D Atbash - (correct answer) D
Shifting each letter in the alphabet a fixed number of spaces to the right or left is an
example of what?
A Bit shifting
B Confusion
C Multi substitution
D Single substitution - (correct answer) D
Which of the following most accurately defines encryption?
A changing a message so it can only be easily read by the intended recipient
B Making binary changes to a message to conceal it
C changing a message using complex mathematics
D Applying keys to plain text - (correct answer) A
If you use substitution alone, what weakness is present in the resulting cipher text?
A It is the same length as the original text
B It is easily broken with modern computers.
C It is too simple.
D Because it maintains letter and word frequency. - (correct answer) D
, _____ uses at least two different shifts, changing the shift with different letters in the
plain text.
A Atbash
B multi-alphabet encryption
C Scytale
D Caesar cipher - (correct answer) B
____ was designed to provide built in cryptography for the clipper chip.
A Blowfish
B Skipjack
C GOST
D 3DES - (correct answer) B
Which of the following uses an 80 bit key on 64 bit blocks?
A Twofish
B AES
C Skipjack
D DES - (correct answer) C
With _____, the message is divided into blocks and each block is encrypted separately.
This is the most basic mode for symmetric encryption.
A Electronic codebook (ECB)
B Cipher-block chaining (CBC)
C Cipher feedback (CFB)
D Output feedback (OFB) - (correct answer) A
Which of the following is an example of an unbalanced Feistel?
A 3DES
B Skipjack
C Twofish
D AES - (correct answer) B
This process is done by having each block of plaintext is XORed with the previous
ciphertext block before being encrypted.
A Output feedback (OFB)
B Cipher-block chaining (CBC)
C Electronic codebook (ECB)
D Cipher feedback (CFB) - (correct answer) B
