CompTIA Security+ Exam Prep - Question List

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171. For a cipher to be strong and avoid being broken, two elements must be a part of the encryption. Which attribute pertains to making the relationship between the key and resulting ciphertext as complex as possible?
  1. Diffusion
  2. Confusion
  3. Boxing
  4. Blocking
172. For a cipher to be strong and avoid being broken, two elements must be a part of the encryption. Which attribute causes a single plaintext bit to have influence over several other ciphertext bits?
  1. Diffusion
  2. Confusion
  3. Boxing
  4. Blocking
173. John is creating an encryption by replacing every third letter of the alphabet by the fifth letter to its left. Sally, an expert at encryption, immediately notices the pattern and suggests for John to use random values. What would John use to do this?
  1. Randomization
  2. Initialization Vectors
  3. Mapping
  4. Isolation
174. There are two commonly used modes of encryption implementations. Which mode does not encrypt parameters that different link devices use to synchronize communication methods?
  1. End-to-end Encryption
  2. Note Encryption
  3. Link Encryption
  4. Layered Encryption
175. There are two commonly used modes of encryption implantations. Which mode of encryption implementation enables attackers to learn about a captured packet and where it is headed?
  1. End-to-end Encryption
  2. Note Encryption
  3. Link Encryption
  4. Layered Encryption

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