Systems and Usable Security: Week-3 Assignment
1. In Access Control and Authentication Systems, the AAA framework stands for?
A. Access, Accounting, Authorization
B. Accounting, Access, Authorization
C. Access Control, Authorization, Algorithm
D. Authentication, Authorization, Accounting
Ans. D (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting)
2. If Rishabh receives a digitally signed message from Ankita, which key does he use to verify the
signature?
A. Ankita’s private key
B. Ankita’s public key
C. Rishabh’s private key
D. Rishabh’s public key
Ans. B (Ankita’s public key)
3. A unique token that identifies a user and their device while accessing the network
A. Session Cookie
B. Session ID
C. OAuth Token
D. API Token
Ans: B (Session ID)
4. How does IPsec tunnel mode differ from transport mode?
A. Tunnel mode encrypts only the payload, while transport mode encrypts the entire packet
B. Tunnel mode encrypts both the original IP header and payload, while transport mode
encrypts only the payload
C. Transport mode encrypts the entire data packet, including the new IP header
D. In Tunnel mode, only the data being transmitted is encrypted, not the header information,
such as the source and destination addresses
Ans. B (Tunnel mode encrypts both the original IP header and payload, while transport mode
encrypts only the payload)
5. Which of the following is a key feature of DKIM?
A. It provides security only to inbound emails
B. It provides security only to outbound emails
C. It authenticates all outbound emails
D. It authenticates outbound emails and helps verify inbound emails
Ans: D (It authenticates all outbound mails and helps verify all inbound mails)
6. What services does the SSL Record Protocol provide for SSL connections?
A. Confidentiality and Message Availability
B. Integrity and Non-repudiation
C. Confidentiality and Message Integrity
D. Authentication and Message Availability
Ans. C (Confidentiality and Message Integrity)
7. Which email access protocol allows users to keep emails on the server and manage them without
downloading to a local device?
A. SMTP
B. S/MIME
C. POP3
D. IMAP
Ans. D (IMAP)
8. MIME is primarily used for:
A. Encrypting emails
B. Sending non-ASCII data over email
C. Compressing email attachments
D. Blocking spam emails
Ans. B (Sending non-ASCII data over email)
9. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) uses which port for secure transmission?
A. 25
B. 80
C. 587
D. 21
Ans. C (587)
10. Which of the following correctly describes a key difference between symmetric and asymmetric
encryption?
A. Symmetric encryption uses two keys, while asymmetric uses one key
B. Asymmetric encryption uses the same key for both encryption and decryption
C. Symmetric encryption uses one shared key, while asymmetric uses a public–private key pair
D. Asymmetric encryption cannot be used for secure communication
Ans. C (Symmetric encryption uses one shared key, while asymmetric uses a public–private key
pair)