Explore topic-wise MCQs in Discrete Mathematics.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Discrete Mathematics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

What is the block size of RC6 Feistel block cipher?

A. 5013 bits
B. 128 bits
C. 596 bits
D. 1768 bits
Answer» C. 596 bits
2.

How many combinations of keys can be constructed from a 72 ciphertext stream cipher?

A. 4271
B. 7345
C. 3291
D. 2556
Answer» E.
3.

The default key size of RC2 Feistel cipher is _______

A. 64GB
B. 64 bits
C. 64 bytes
D. 64KB
Answer» D. 64KB
4.

_______ are used as the base of the Public Key Infrastructure.

A. SSL certificates
B. TLS certificates
C. X.509 certificates
D. HAS certificates
Answer» D. HAS certificates
5.

In encryption, which of the following is the best text encoding technique?

A. ASCII encoding
B. Hex-encoding
C. Unicode technique
D. Base64 encoding
Answer» D. Base64 encoding
6.

Let A’s public key is n=6, 736, 180, 7817, 961, 456, 267 and e = 5 and B sends the ciphertext. c = 456, 871, 122, 391, 882, 538 to A. Determine B’s message in numeric format?

A. 235813
B. 57971.89
C. 770190.04
D. 687651.9
Answer» D. 687651.9
7.

TEA cipher uses which of the following structure?

A. standard cipher structure
B. pseudo random structure
C. feistel structure
D. block structure
Answer» D. block structure
8.

If there are 256 cipher texts per plain text and a total of 218 plaintexts of length 18 exists. Then determine the number of distinct ciphertexts?

A. 761
B. 274
C. 186
D. 289
Answer» C. 186
9.

In which of the following systems, encryption slower than decryption?

A. elliptic curve cryptography
B. parabolic curve cryptography
C. symmetric cryptography
D. antisymmetric cryptography
Answer» C. symmetric cryptography
10.

How many bytes of the secret key is generated using Diffie-Hellman encryption/decryption scheme?

A. 256
B. 871
C. 1024
D. 962
Answer» B. 871