Cryptography MCQ Test 2

1. What is the purpose of the 'birthday attack' in the context of cryptography?

2. Which cryptographic concept involves hiding the existence of a message, providing plausible deniability?

3. In the context of cryptography, what does the term 'key exchange' refer to?

4. What is the purpose of encryption in communication?

5. What role does the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm play in cryptography?

6. Which cryptographic concept is concerned with hiding the length of a password or secret?

7. In the context of cryptographic hash functions, what is a 'preimage attack'?

8. What role does the Shamir's Secret Sharing algorithm play in cryptography?

9. What is the primary purpose of public-key cryptography?

10. What is the purpose of a digital signature in cryptographic protocols?

11. What is the purpose of a 'hash function' in cryptography?

12. What is the significance of a 'non-deterministic algorithm' in the context of cryptographic key generation?

13. What is the term for the practice of hiding a message within another text or image?

14. In asymmetric-key cryptography, what is the term for the mathematical problem that serves as the basis for security?

15. In cryptography, what does the acronym 'AES' stand for?

16. What does the term 'cipher' refer to in cryptography?

17. What is the primary purpose of the Kerberos protocol in network security?

18. Which ancient civilization is credited with the earliest known use of cryptography?

19. Which type of attack aims to exploit the mathematical properties of asymmetric-key cryptography to derive private keys?

20. What distinguishes a zero-knowledge proof in cryptography?