ECCouncil 212-81v3 - EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist Exam
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Total 54 questions
Question #1 (Topic: Exam A)
3DES can best be classified as which one of the following?
A. Hashing algorithm
B. Digital signature
C. Symmetric algorithm
D. Asymmetric algorithm
Answer: C
Question #2 (Topic: Exam A)
You have been tasked with selecting a digital certificate standard for your company to use. Which one of the following is an international standard for the format and information contained in a digital certificate?
A. CA
B. CRL
C. RFC 2298
D. X.509
Answer: D
Question #3 (Topic: Exam A)
What is the basis for the difficulty in breaking RSA?
A. Factoring numbers
B. Hashing
C. Equations that describe an elliptic curve
D. The birthday paradox
Answer: A
Question #4 (Topic: Exam A)
How does Kerberos generate the first secret key in the authentication process?
A. By creating a hash of the user password
B. By generating a random AES key
C. By using the user's public key
D. By hashing the user ID, network ID, and salt
Answer: A
Question #5 (Topic: Exam A)
The mode makes a block cipher into a synchronous stream cipher. It generates keystream blocks, which are then XORed with the plaintext blocks to get the ciphertext.
A. Electronic codebook (ECB)
B. Output feedback (OFB)
C. Cipher feedback (CFB)
D. Cipher block chaining (CBC)
Answer: B
