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    The document contains 15 multiple choice questions related to cryptography and network security. The questions cover topics like public key cryptography, digital signatures, hash functions, attacks like replay attacks, asymmetric key cryptography, firewalls, IPsec, and avalanche effect in cryptography. Answer keys are provided for each question.

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    Q1.

    Using public key cryptography, X adds a digital signature σ to


    message M, encrypts < M, σ >, and sends it to Y, where it is decrypted.
    Which one of the following sequences of keys is used for the operations?
    (a) Encryption: X’s private key followed by Y’s private key; Decryption:
    X’s public key followed by Y’s public key
    (b) Encryption: X’s private key followed by Y’s public key; Decryption:
    X’s public key followed by Y’s private key
    (c) Encryption: X’s public key followed by Y’s private key; Decryption:
    Y’s public key followed by X’s private key
    (d) Encryption: X’s private key followed by Y’s public key; Decryption:
    Y’s private key followed by X’s public key

    Q2. Which of the following are used to generate a message digest by the
    network security protocols?
    i) RSA
    ii) SHA-1
    iii) DES
    iv) MD5
    (a) i and iii only
    (b) ii and iii only
    (c) ii and iv only
    (d) iii and iv only

    Q3. A sender is employing public key cryptography to send a secret


    message to a receiver. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
    (a) Sender encrypts using receiver’s public key
    (b) Sender encrypts using his own public key
    (c) Receiver decrypts using sender’s public key
    (d) Receiver decrypts using his own public key
    Q4. Anarkali digitally signs a message and sends it to Salim. Verification
    of the signature by Salim requires
    (a) Anarkali’s public key
    (b) Salim’s public key.
    (c) Salim’s private key.
    (d) Anarkali’s private key

    Q5. The total number of keys required for a set of n individuals to be able
    to communicate with each other using secret key and public key crypto-
    systems, respectively are:
    (a) n(n-1) and 2n
    (b) 2n and ((n(n - 1))/2)
    (c) ((n(n - 1))/2) and 2n
    (d) ((n(n - 1))/2) and n

    Q6. Using ‘RSA’ public key cryptosystem, if p = 3, q = 11 and d = 7, find


    the value of e and encrypt the number ′5′
    (a) 20, 19
    (b) 33, 11
    (c) 3, 26
    (d) 77, 28

    Q7. Which among the following statement(s) is(are) true?


    i) A hash function takes a message of arbitrary length and generates a
    fixed length code
    ii) A hash function takes a message of fixed length and generates a
    code of variable length
    iii) A hash function may give same hash value for distinct messages
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
    (a) I only (b) II and III only
    (c) I and III only (d) II only
    Q8. An attacker sits between customer and Banker, and captures the
    information from the customer and retransmits to the banker by altering
    the information. This attack is called as ______.
    (a) Masquerade Attack
    (b) Replay Attack
    (c) Passive Attack
    (d) Denial of Service Attack

    Q9. Which one of the following is true for asymmetric-key cryptography?


    (a) Private key is kept by the receiver and public key is announced to the
    public.
    (b) Public key is kept by the receiver and private key is announced to the
    public.
    (c) Both private key and public key are kept by the receiver.
    (d) Both private key and public key are announced to the public.

    Q10. A Trojan horse is _______


    (a) A program that performs a legitimate function that is known to an
    operating system or its user and also has a hidden component that can
    be used for nefarious purposes like attacks on message security or
    impersonation.
    (b) A piece of code that can attach itself to other programs in the system
    and spread to other systems when programs are copied or transferred.
    (c) A program that spreads to other computer systems by exploiting
    security holes like weaknesses in facilities for creation of remote
    processes
    (d) All of the above
    Q11. A layer-4 firewall (a device that can look at all protocol headers up
    to the transport layer) Cannot _______
    (a) block entire HTTP traffic during 9:00PM and 5:00AM
    (b) block all ICMP traffic
    (c) stop incoming traffic from a specific IP address but allow outgoing
    traffic to the same IP address
    (d) block TCP traffic from a specific user on a multi-user system during
    9:00PM and 5:00AM

    Q12. What is one advantage of setting up a DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)


    with two firewalls?
    (a) You can control where traffic goes in the three networks
    (b) You can do stateful packet filtering
    (c) You can do load balancing
    (d) Improve network performance

    Q13. Which of the following statements is wrong?


    (a) Two IP headers are attached to packet in Tunnel mode of IP-Sec
    protocol.
    (b) Only the packets from Transport layer will be encapsulated by IP-Sec
    header in Transport mode of IP-Sec protocol
    (c) A host cannot send a packet directly to another host via tunnel mode of
    IP-Sec protocol.
    (d) None of these
    Q14. Consider the following statements:
    S1: Asymmetric key cryptography and digital signature both use the
    private and public keys of the sender.
    n(n−1)
    S2: Public key cryptosystems require keys for a set of n
    2
    individual to be able to communicate with each other.
    Which of the statement’s options are true?
    (a) S1 and S2 are True
    (b) S1 is true, S2 is false
    (c) S1 is False, S2 is True
    (d) Both S1 and S2 are False

    Q15. Avalanche effect in cryptography refers


    (a) Large changes in cipher text when the keyword is changed minimally
    (b) Large changes in cipher text when the plain text is changed
    (c) Large Impact of keyword change to length of the cipher text
    (d) None of the above
    Ans:
    1. D
    2. C
    3. A
    4. A
    5. C
    6. C
    7. C
    8. B
    9. A
    10. A
    11. D
    12. A
    13. B
    14. D
    15. A

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