Cryptography & Encryption UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- symmetric encryption
that requires 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys
Alan Turing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the father of computer science and broke the
German Enigma Code Machine
asymmetric encryption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- uses two keys, a public key and a
private key, to encrypt and decrypt data
block cipher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- encrypts chunks or blocks of data in fixed size at
one time
Blowfish encryption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- free symmetric encryption designed to
replace DES cipher
Cipher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- tool used to change normal or plain text into something
that is unreadable and then back into readable text
Ciphertext - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- encoded message
Cryptanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- process used to discover vulnerabilities in
ciphers
Cryptanalyst - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- discovers weaknesses and vulnerabilities in
solutions
Cryptogram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- encoded message as a whole
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- symmetric encryption
that requires 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys
Alan Turing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the father of computer science and broke the
German Enigma Code Machine
asymmetric encryption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- uses two keys, a public key and a
private key, to encrypt and decrypt data
block cipher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- encrypts chunks or blocks of data in fixed size at
one time
Blowfish encryption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- free symmetric encryption designed to
replace DES cipher
Cipher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- tool used to change normal or plain text into something
that is unreadable and then back into readable text
Ciphertext - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- encoded message
Cryptanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- process used to discover vulnerabilities in
ciphers
Cryptanalyst - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- discovers weaknesses and vulnerabilities in
solutions
Cryptogram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- encoded message as a whole
