CNS Objective Questions With Answers

UNIT-1

1. Interception is ---------------
a) security service b) security attack c) security mechanism d) security strip
2. Interruption is attack on----------------
a) norepudiation b) availability c) authentication d) confidentiality
3. Fabrication is attack on----------------
a). nonrepudiation b) availability c) authentication d) confidentiality
4. Expansion of C2B is--------
a) customer to branch b) branch to customer
c) customer tobusuiness d) two way of branch and customer
5. Odd man out
a) interruption b)interception c)modification d) fabrication
6. -------------- attack is capturing authorization privileges and used them later.
a).modification b) masquerade c) replay d)denial of service
7. Cutting of communication line is an example of -------------------
a)interruption b) interception c)modification d) fabrication
8. which of the following integrity is not valid category of integrity
a) connection integrity b) connectionless integrity
c) field integrity d) field less integrity
9. Security service ---------- is requires that neither the sender nr the receiver of a message
be able to deny the transmission.
a) nonrepudiation b) availability c) authentication d) confidentiality
10. Vernam cipher is also called
a)rail fence b)one time pad c)book cipher d)running key cipher
11. DOS attacks are caused by
a)authentication b)alteration c)fabrication d)replay attacks
12. The process of writing the text as diagonals and reading it as a sequence of rows is
known as
a)rail fence b)caesar cipher c)mono alphabetic d) vernam cipher

13. ------------is a technique that facilitates hiding of a message that is to be kept secret inside
other messages
steganography
14. Science and art of developing cryptosystems is known as------------ cryptography
15.------------is the scrambled message or data that is generated as output by encryption
algorithm cipher text

16. --------- attack take place when one entity pretends to different entitymasquerade

17.-----------ensures that only authorized parties are able to modify computer system data
and transmitted informationintegrity
18. A process which is designed to detect, prevent or recover from an attack is known as ------
Security mechanism
19.------------means identifying origin of message correctly and it should ensures that
identity is not false authentication
20. Any action that compromises the security of data which is owned by an organization is
known as -----------------security attack

UNIT II

1. DES stands for ----------------

(a) data entity standard (b) data encryption standard (c) data encryption
software (d) digital encryption standard
2. DES is ---------------
(a) public key algorithm (b) private key algorithm
(b) (c) key public algorithm (d) stream cipher
3. Simple DES(S-DES) contains---------------- no. of bits for plain text

(a) 10 bits (b) 8 bits (c) 12 bots (d) 16 bits

4. AES requires ---------------no.of bits for plain text

(a) 128 bits (b) 164 bits (c) 64 bits (d) 156 bits

5. The charcters in a word are arranged in random order it is called as -----

(a). permutation ( b) substitution (c) combination (d) expansion

6.Substitution – Permutation first introduced by ------------------

(a) Caesar (b) shanon (c) diffie (d) rivest

7. Number of rounds in DES --------------

(a) 8 rounds (b) 16 rounds (c) 4 rounds (d) 32 rounds

8.Each S-box takes 6 bits input and produces ---- bits as output.

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c)16 (d) 32

9. Number of S-boxes used in DES algorithm is --------

 (a) 4 (b) 8 (c)16 (d) 32

10.In -------------one bit of plain text is encrypted at a time

a)stream cipher b)block cipher c) both a & b d) none

11. In general private key encryption algorithms uses ----- no. of keys.1
12. Public key encryption algorithm uses ---- no. of keys .2
13. RSA algorithm was developed by---------rivest Shamir adleman
14. IDEA stands for---------international data encryption algorithm
15. CBC stands for -------------- cipher block chaining
16. DES encrypts blocks of ---------- bits64
17. AES requires ------------- no of bits for plain text 128
18. No of S- boxes used in Blowfish algorithm is ----------- 4
19. There are ----------rounds in Blowfish 16
20. In -------------one block of plain text is encrypted at a time block cipher

UNIT III
1.Kerberos is ----------service designed for use in a distributed environment
a)integrity b) confidentiality c) authentication d) availability
2. -------- is a message digest algorithm
a) DES b)IDEA c) MD5 d) RSA
3. When a hash function is used to provide message authentication, the hash function
value is reffered to as ----
a) message digest b) message field c) message score d) message leap
4. X.509 scheme is -----certificate
a) Private key b) public key c) symmetric key d) none
5. MAC is also called-----
a)Cryptographic checksum b) fingerprint c) message digest d) all the above
6. Hash function can be applied to a block of ----
a) fixed size b) variable size c) 512 bytes d) 1024 bytes
7. SHA -512 uses -----registers
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d)5
8. SHA follows --- format to store values
 a) littleenidian b) big enidian c) both a & b d) none
9.Number of steps in SHA-512-------
a) 60 b)70 c)80 d) 40
10.Kerberos makes use of ------ algorithm
a) RSA b)DES c) Blowfish d) IDEA
11. SHA represents--------------secure hash algorithm
12. Each block size of SHA -512 is ------------128 bit
13. SHA -512 algorithm outputs -----------bit message digest512 bit
14. TGS stands for-------------------ticket granting server
15. A ------------- can issue digital certificatescertificate authority
16. The ------------standard defines the structure of a digital certificateigital signature
standard
17. A full service Kerberos environment is called as-----------realm
18. HMAC stands for---------------hash message authentication code
19. There are -------number of versions in x.5093
20.Version 4 of Kerberos uses --------------encryption modecipher block chaining

UNIT IV

1. Modification user data comes under -----threat.

a) integrity b) confidentiality c) denial of service d) authentication
2. Cryptography checksum is the counter measure of------- threat.
a)confidentiality b) denial of service c) integrity d) authentication
3. Loss of information and loss of privacy are the counter measures of ---- threat.
a) integrity b) confidentiality c) denial of service c) authentication
4. SSL is the security provided at ------level.
a)network layer b) transport layer c) application layer d) preentation layer
5. TLS is the security provided at -----level.
a).network layer b) transport layer c) application layer d) presenttion layer
6. The max fragment block size in SSL is ---
a) 210 bytes b) 212 bytes c) 214 bytes d) 216 bytes
7. The major version of SSL is-----------------
a) infinite b) zero c) 3 d) 1
8. The minor version of SSL is ---------------
a) infinite b) zero c) 3 d) 1
9. Handshake protocol uses ----bytes
a)2 b) 3 c) 4 d) =4
10. The minor version of TLS is -------------
a)infinite b)0 c) 3 d) 1
11. -------------------- Protocol overcomes the drawbacks of WEP.WAP
12. BSS stands for----------------------------BASIC SERVICE SET
13. A system used to interconnect a set of BSSs and integrated LANs to create an ESS
14. Any device that contains an IEEE 802.11 conformant MAC and physical layer known
as-------------STATION
15. RSN stands for------------------------ROBUST SECURITY NEWORK
16. The Handshake Protocol consists of a series of messages exchanged by client and server
in ------------phases.SECOND
17. HTTPS is a combination of --------- and -------------.HTTP AND SSL/TLS
18. SSH protocol stack contains ------------------------------.TLP,UAP,CONNECTION
CONTROL
19. AS stands for------------------------.AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM
20. SSH transport layer protocol provides--------------------. STRONG
ENCRYPTION ,CRYPTOGRAPHIC HOST AUTHENTICATION AND
INTEGRITY PROTECTION

UNIT-V

1. In PGP services digital signature uses -----algorithms.

a) DSS/RSA b) RSA/SHA c) either(a) or (b) d) DES

2. For message encryption for PGP services --- ----------------algorithm is used.

a) CAST b)IDEA c) Triple ES d) any of the above

3. For compression in PGP service -----technique is used.

a) jar b) ZIP c) compresskey d)none of the above
4. In PGP services for email compatibility ------- algorithm is used .
 a) IDEA b) radix-56 conversion c) radic-64 conversion d)
RSA
5. For message storage transmission ----------function is used.
a) digital signature b) e-mail compatibility c) segmentation d)
decompression
6. structure of public key ring contains -----no. of fields.
a) 5 b)8 c) 7 d) 6
7. Which of the following is not a field of private key ring structure .
a) timestamp b) Key ID c) owner trust d) encrypted private
key
8. MIME version parameter value is --------
a) 1.0 b) 2.0 c) 3.0 d) 4.0
9. S/MIME incorporates ------------ public key algorithms .
a)2 b)3 c)4 d) 5
10. S/MIME uses ------algorithm for encrypting session keys.
a) IDEA b) RSA c) Diffie-Hellman d) DES

11. IP Security can be implemented in ------------------------- mode.TRANSPORT MODE

12. Key management facility is used for -------------- layer.NETWORK LAYER
13. PGP stands for------ PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY
14. IP Security uses ---------------routing protocol.IP
15. ESP represents ---------------------------ENCAPSULATING SECURITY PAYLOAD
16. AH represents -----------------------AUTHENTICATION HEADER
17. Tunnel mode provides protection to --------------------ENTIRE IP PACKET
18. ---------is the key size allowed in PGP 1024-4096
19. The key management in IP security is done by______________.INTERNET KEY
EXCHANGE PROTOCOL(IKE)
20. Nonce is a ------------------------NUBER USED ONLY ONCE