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WGU PRE-ASSESSMENT INTRO TO
CRYPTOGRAPHY - D334 | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
A Windows credential is identified as follows:
user:FDA95FBABC199D22LLD3B435B51876KK:199DDFD4EF0E9CD9KM
NC6FE771IL124B8::: What is used to store this password?
A. MD5
B. Bcrypt
C. SHA-512
D. NTLM
NTLM
A business wants to use keys issued by a trusted third party to
demonstrate to potential customers that it is a legitimate
organization. Which key is used to sign the certificate issued to the
business?
A. Private key of the root CA
B. Public key of the root CA
C. Private key of the company
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D. Public key of the company
Private key of the root CA
Which symmetric encryption technique uses a 56-bit key size and a 64-
bit block size?
A. AES
B. DES
C. 3DES
D. IDEA
DES
Which wireless security standard uses a 128-bit RC4 stream cipher for
encrypted communications?
A. WPA
B. WEP
C. VPN
D. GSM
WPA
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Employee B sends Employee A an encrypted message. What does
Employee A use to decrypt the message from Employee B?
A. Employee A's private key
B. Employee B's private key
C. Employee A's public key
D. Employee B's public key
Employee A's private key
What is an example of a symmetric algorithm?
A. RSA
B. AES
C. SHA
D. MD5
AES
Which two components involved in performing encryption are known
to the party that will perform decryption before symmetric encryption
is applied? Choose 2 answers.
Cryptographic algorithm
WGU PRE-ASSESSMENT INTRO TO
CRYPTOGRAPHY - D334 | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
A Windows credential is identified as follows:
user:FDA95FBABC199D22LLD3B435B51876KK:199DDFD4EF0E9CD9KM
NC6FE771IL124B8::: What is used to store this password?
A. MD5
B. Bcrypt
C. SHA-512
D. NTLM
NTLM
A business wants to use keys issued by a trusted third party to
demonstrate to potential customers that it is a legitimate
organization. Which key is used to sign the certificate issued to the
business?
A. Private key of the root CA
B. Public key of the root CA
C. Private key of the company
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D. Public key of the company
Private key of the root CA
Which symmetric encryption technique uses a 56-bit key size and a 64-
bit block size?
A. AES
B. DES
C. 3DES
D. IDEA
DES
Which wireless security standard uses a 128-bit RC4 stream cipher for
encrypted communications?
A. WPA
B. WEP
C. VPN
D. GSM
WPA
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Employee B sends Employee A an encrypted message. What does
Employee A use to decrypt the message from Employee B?
A. Employee A's private key
B. Employee B's private key
C. Employee A's public key
D. Employee B's public key
Employee A's private key
What is an example of a symmetric algorithm?
A. RSA
B. AES
C. SHA
D. MD5
AES
Which two components involved in performing encryption are known
to the party that will perform decryption before symmetric encryption
is applied? Choose 2 answers.
Cryptographic algorithm
