Explore topic-wise MCQs in Symmetric Ciphers.

This section includes 8 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Symmetric Ciphers knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

The Inverse S-box value for byte stored in cell (6,3)

A. 0x00
B. 0x11
C. 0x01
D. 0x04
Answer» B. 0x11
2.

The Inverse S-box value for byte stored in cell (3,3)

A. 0xC3
B. 0x66
C. 0x1F
D. 0x9B
Answer» C. 0x1F
3.

The inverse s-box permutation follows, b _i = b_(i+2) XOR b(i+5) XOR b_(i+7) XOR d_i

A. nHere d_i is
B. d_i is the ith bit of a byte d whose hex value is 0x15
C. d_i is the ith bit of a byte d whose hex value is 0x05
D. d_i is the ith bit of a byte d whose hex value is 0x25
E. d_i is the ith bit of a byte d whose hex value is 0x51
Answer» C. d_i is the ith bit of a byte d whose hex value is 0x05
4.

The S-box value for byte stored in cell (3,3)

A. 0xC3
B. 0x3C
C. 0x44
D. 0x9B
Answer» B. 0x3C
5.

The S-box value for byte stored in cell (B,3)

A. 0x3C
B. 0xB3
C. 0x4F
D. 0x90
Answer» C. 0x4F
6.

The S-box value for byte stored in cell (6,D)

A. 0x3C
B. 0x7F
C. 0xFD
D. 0x4A
Answer» B. 0x7F
7.

In AES, to make the s-box, we apply the transformationb _i = b_i XOR b_(i+4) XOR b(i+5) XOR b_(i+6) XOR b_(i+7) XOR c_i

A. nWhat is c_i in this transformation?
B. c_i is the ith bit of byte c with value 0x63
C. c_i is the ith bit of byte c with value 0x25
D. c_i is the ith bit of byte c with value 0x8F
E. c_i is the ith bit of byte c with value 0x8A
Answer» B. c_i is the ith bit of byte c with value 0x63
8.

The multiplicative inverse of 0x95 in AES where m(x)=x8+x4+x3+x+1 is

A. 0x8F
B. 0xF8
C. 0x8A
D. 0xA8
Answer» D. 0xA8