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Which of the following refers to encrypted text?
The correct answer is D. Ciphertext. Ciphertext is the term for data that has been transformed through encryption, making it unreadable without the corresponding decryption key - that's why D is correct. Why the distractors are wrong: A (Plaintext) is the opposite - it refers to readable, unencrypted data before…
Cryptography and Communication Security
Question
Which of the following refers to encrypted text?
Options
- APlaintext
- BCookies
- CHypertext
- DCiphertext
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A4% (1)
- B7% (2)
- C15% (4)
- D74% (20)
Explanation
Ciphertext is the term for data that has been transformed through encryption, making it unreadable without the corresponding decryption key - that's why D is correct.
Why the distractors are wrong:
- A (Plaintext) is the opposite - it refers to readable, unencrypted data before encryption is applied.
- B (Cookies) are small pieces of data stored by browsers to track session information; they have nothing to do with encryption itself.
- C (Hypertext) is text formatted with links and markup (like HTML) for display in web browsers - unrelated to encryption.
Memory tip: Think of the "cipher" in ciphertext - a cipher is an algorithm used to encrypt data, so ciphertext is literally "text that has been put through a cipher."
Topics
#ciphertext#encryption#cryptography fundamentals#plaintext vs ciphertext
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