Symmetric Key Cryptography MCQs

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Practice Symmetric Key Cryptography MCQs with correct answers and explanations. These questions are from the Computer Networks MCQs section.

Which of the following is not an alternative name for symmetric key cryptography?
A. Secret key cryptography
B. Public key cryptography
C. Conventional encryption
D. Private key cryptography
What are the two broad categories of symmetric key cryptography?
A. Transposition and substitution
B. Classical and modern
C. Stream and block
D. Classical and block
Which of the following is an advantage of symmetric cipher?
A. (n(n-1))/2 keys are required for n people
B. Sharing secret key over communication channel
C. Brute force attack for small key size
D. Quick encryption and decryption
Which of the following is incorrect about symmetric key cryptography?
A. It uses common key for both encryption and decryption
B. It is a secret key cryptography
C. It uses single fixed length key for each algorithm
D. Symmetric key can be combined with asymmetric key to achieve more security
Which of the following is a disadvantage of symmetric cipher?
A. Quick encryption
B. Less computational power
C. High level of security
D. Transmission of secret key
Which of the following is not an application of symmetric encryption algorithms.
A. Data security
B. Cloud storage
C. User privacy
D. Bitcoin’s block chain