NARULA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

An Autonomous Institute under MAKAUT

B. TECH./IT/ODD/SEM 7/R_18/ IT702A/2022-2023

YEAR: 2022

CRYPTOGRAPHY AND NETWORK SECURITY

IT702A
TIME ALLOTTED: 3 HOURS FULL MARKS: 70
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable
GROUP – A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Answer any ten from the following, choosing the correct alternative of each question: 10×1=10
SL Question Marks Co Blooms
Taxonomy
Level
(i) The Cryptography can provide 1 CO1 Knowledge
(a) entity authentication
(b) nonrepudiation of messages
(c) confidentiality
(d) All of them

(ii) The cipher which uses the exclusive-or operation as defined in computer 1 CO1 Knowledge,
science is called Comprehension
(a) Caesar cipher
(b) XOR cipher
(c) Cipher
(d) Cipher text

(iii) For p = 11 and q = 19 and choose e=17. Apply RSA algorithm where 1 C02 Application
message=5 and find the cipher text.
(a) C=80
(b) C = 92
(c) C= 56
(d) C = 23

(iv) When a hash function is used to provide message authentication, the 1 CO2 Knowledge,
hash function value is referred to as Comprehension
(a) Message Field
(b) Message Digest
(c) Message Score
(d) Message Leap

(v) Data Authentication Algorithm (DAA) is based on 1 CO2 Knowledge

(a) DES
(b) AES
(c) MD-5
(d) SHA-1

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(vi) The DES algorithm has a key length of 1 CO2 Application

(a) 128 Bits
(b) 32 Bits
(c) 64 Bits
(d) 16 Bits
(vii) The number of rounds in RC5 can range from 0 to 1 CO2 Knowledge,
(a) 127 Comprehension
(b) 63
(c) 255
(d) 31

(viii) HTTP stands for 1 CO3 Knowledge,

(a) Hash Text Transfer Protocol Comprehension,
(b) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Application
(c) Hash Transfer Text Protocol
(d) none of the mentioned

(ix) A small program that changes the way a computer operates. 1 CO1 Knowledge,
(a) Worm Comprehension
(b) Trojan
(c) Virus
(d) Bomb

(x) A cipher in which the order is not preserved 1 CO1 Knowledge

(a) Polyalphabetic substitution based
(b) Transposition-based
(c) Substitution based
(d) Public key based

(xi) How many layers are there in the OSI reference model? 1 CO3 Comprehension
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

(xii) In Asymmetric-Key Cryptography, although RSA can be used to 1 CO2CO4 Application

encrypt and decrypt actual messages, it is very slow if the message is
(a) Short
(b) Long
(c) Flat
(d)Thin

GROUP – B
(Short Answer Type Questions)
Answer any three from the following: 3×5 = 15
SL Question Marks Co Blooms
Taxonomy
Level
2. (a) What are passive threats and active threats? 2 CO1 Knowledge,
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Comprehension,
Application
(b) Differentiate between passive threats and active threats. 3 CO1 Knowledge,
Comprehension
3. List and briefly explain different types of Firewalls. 5 CO3 Knowledge,
Comprehension
4. (a) What is PGP? 3 CO3 Knowledge,
Comprehension
(b) What is ‘packet snooping’ and ‘packet spoofing’? 2 CO1 Knowledge
CO2
5. (a) What is key wrapping? 2 CO2 Application
(b) How is key wrapping useful? 3 CO2 Application
6. Explain Cipher Block Chaining mode with a suitable diagram. 5 CO1 Knowledge
GROUP – C
(Long Answer Type Questions)
Answer any three from the following: 3×15=45
SL. Question Marks Co Blooms
Taxonomy
Level
7. (a) What is the difference between stream cipher and block cipher? 2 CO1 Knowledge,
Comprehension,
Application
(b) What types of attacks may occur on block ciphers? 4 CO1 Knowledge
(c) Describe a single round of DES with block diagram. 7 CO3 Knowledge,
CO4 Comprehension
(d) “Authentication can be achieved using DES”- Comment on it. 2 CO3 Knowledge,
CO4 Comprehension,
Application
8. (a) What is electronic money? 2 CO3 Knowledge
(b) What is SET? Explain with a suitable model. 7 CO3 Knowledge,
Comprehension
(c) How pre-master-secret and master-secret is prepared in SSL 3 CO3 Comprehension
handshake protocol?
(d) Describe the fields of SSL record protocol header. 3 CO3 Knowledge
9. (a) Explain with the figure how secure socket layer (SSL) is 5 CO3 Knowledge,
accommodated in TCP/IP protocol suite. Comprehension
(b) Explain briefly, in the PGP, that how Bob and Alice exchange the 7 CO3 Application
secret key for encrypting messages.
(c) What are the different security services provided by PGP? 3 CO3 Knowledge,
Comprehension
10. (a) Briefly describe the RSA algorithm and show how it provides security 9 CO2 Knowledge,
to message / data. Comprehension,
Application
(b) How digital signatures can be generated? 4 CO2 Knowledge
(c) What does digital signatures provide to a message? 2 CO3 Comprehension
11. (a) What are the differences between symmetric key and asymmetric key 3 CO1 Knowledge,
cryptography? Comprehension,
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Application
(b) What do you mean by message digest? 3 CO2 Comprehension
CO3
(c) What is a digital envelope? Explain, how it works. 2+3 CO2 Knowledge,
CO3 Comprehension
(d) What is firewall? What are the limitations of firewall? 2+2 CO3 Knowledge,
Comprehension,
Application

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