SEC 280 - Quiz - Week - 4A+

Question 1.

Question :

(TCO 4) Attackers need a certain amount of information before launching their attack. One common place to find information that could be useful to the attacker is to go through the trash of the target. The process of going through a target's trash is known in the community as _____.

Student Answer:

trash rummaging

garbage surfing

piggy diving

dumpster diving

Instructor Explanation:

Page 74

Points Received:

3 of 3

Comments:

Question 2.

Question :

(TCO 4) The art of secret writing that enables an individual to hide the contents of a message from all but the intended recipient is called _____.

Student Answer:

steganography

cryptanalysis

cryptography

key management

Instructor Explanation:

Page 82

Points Received:

3 of 3

Comments:

Question 3.

Question :

(TCO 4) The cipher that replaces each letter of the alphabet with a different letter (not in sequence) is a _____.

Student Answer:

shift cipher

substitution cipher

transposition cipher

Vigenère cipher

Instructor Explanation:

Pages 84-85

Points Received:

3 of 3

Comments:

Question 4.

Question :

(TCO 4) Keyspace refers to _____.

Student Answer:

the location where keys are stored

the number of keys needed to encrypt or decrypt a message

all the possible key values

the portion of the algorithm that the key connects with to encrypt or decrypt a message

Instructor Explanation:

Page 86

Points Received:

3 of 3

Comments:

Question 5.

Question :

(TCO 4) Which of the following is not a hashing algorithm?

Student Answer:

SHA1

MD2

SHA3

MD5

Instructor Explanation:

Pages 88-91