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Public Key Cryptography Quiz Practice

- This document provides a practice test with 10 multiple choice questions about cryptography concepts such as encryption algorithms (Caesar cipher, Vigenere cipher, RSA), properties of encryption (authenticity, confidentiality, integrity), and encryption examples. - Answers to the questions can be checked using the provided key. - The purpose is to serve as practice for an actual cryptography test.

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Public Key Cryptography Quiz Practice

- This document provides a practice test with 10 multiple choice questions about cryptography concepts such as encryption algorithms (Caesar cipher, Vigenere cipher, RSA), properties of encryption (authenticity, confidentiality, integrity), and encryption examples. - Answers to the questions can be checked using the provided key. - The purpose is to serve as practice for an actual cryptography test.

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  • Practice Test: Contains a series of questions serving as a practice test for the actual assessment, covering key concepts and problem types.

Practice

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Test

• Read and analyze each problem carefully.


• Choose the letter of the correct answer.
• This serves as a practice set for the actual test.

1. Who is the mathematician responsible for 9. Suppose the Caesar cipher is used to encrypt
inventing the machine that helped break the the message QUICK. Which of the following
German enigma code? cipher text corresponds to this plain text?
(a) Leonard Adleman (a) TLXFN
(b) Alan Turing (b) TXLFN
(c) Ronald Rivest (c) TXLNF
(d) Richard Hamming (d) None of the above
2. Which of the following is FALSE? 10. Which of the following refers to the property
(a) For any three integers a, b, and c, if that the receiver is guaranteed that the
a≡b( mod n) and b≡c(mod n) , then message really came from the real sender?
a≡c (modn). (a) Authenticity
(b) For any integer b, b≡b (mod n) . (b) Confidentiality
(c) For any two integers a and b, whenever (c) Non-repudiation
a≡b( mod n) , then b≡a( mod n). (d) Integrity
(d) None of the choices is correct.
3. Which of the following is a polyalphabetic
cryptosystem? Answers:
(a) Dancing men cipher • Check your answers using this key:
(b) Pigpen cipher https://drive.google.com/open?
(c) Vigenere cipher id=1NHAY0wFx8LBW7_ezKzxPgkbuvF7k
(d) Caesar cipher
4. Which of the following numbers satisfy the
1sixb_z7AtBOWFU
equivalence relation 3 x≡1 (mod 14) ?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None of the above
5. Suppose the RSA cryptosystem is used with
public key (35 , 7) . What is the corresponding
cipher text when the plain text "2" is sent?
(a) 23
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 8
6. Which of the following refers to the property
the sender and receiver are guaranteed that no
third party can make any changes in the
message that exchange in the transmission
process?
(a) Authenticity
(b) Non-repudiation
(c) Confidentiality
(d) Integrity
7. Suppose the RSA system that is used for
sending secret messages has private key
(15 , 3) and the cipher text "3" is received.
What was the plain text sent?
(a) 12
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 5
8. Suppose the Vigenere cipher is used to create
the cipher text DOYMTOD using the keyword
ROSE. Which of the following is its
corresponding plain text?
(a) MAGICAL
(b) REASONS
(c) LOGICAL
(d) SEASONS

• Read and analyze each problem carefully. • Choose the letter of the correct answer. • This serves as a practice set for the

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