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Question Bank
Unit – III
Academic Year 2024 – 2025
V Semester
Department of Computer Science and Business Systems
CW3551 Data and Information Security
(Regulations 2021)
Part- A (2 Mark Questions)
BT BT Course
S.No Question Content
Level Description Outcome
1 What is a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)? K1 Remembering CO3
2 How does a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) work? K1 Remembering CO3
3 Define an electronic document. K1 Remembering CO3
Distinguish between an Electronic Signature and a K4 Analysing CO3
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Digital Signature.
5 Classify the Digital Signature Certificates. K2 Understanding CO3
6 How is Digital Signature Validated and Secured? K1 Remembering CO3
7 What is the Certificate Revocation List (CRL)? K1 Remembering CO3
8 Name the relationship of X.509 and digital certificates. K1 Remembering CO3
9 How are certifying authorities susceptible of attack? K1 Remembering CO3
10 What is a one-time signature scheme? K1 Remembering CO3
11 Label the Undeniable Signature Scheme. K1 Remembering CO3
12 What are the types of Certificates issued by CAs? K1 Remembering CO3
13 List the role of a Certificate Authority (CA) in PKI. K1 Remembering CO3
14 What is Kerberos? K1 Remembering CO3
15 How does Kerberos achieve authentication? K1 Remembering CO3
Distinguish between Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) and K4 Analysing CO3
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Service Ticket.
17 What is the purpose of the Session Key in Kerberos? K1 Remembering CO3
18 Define Single Sign-On (SSO) in Kerberos. K1 Remembering CO3
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Compare between authentication and authorization in K2 Understanding CO3
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the context of Kerberos.
20 What are the key components of a Kerberos ticket? K1 Remembering CO3
21 Define X.509 Certificate. K1 Remembering CO3
22 What is X.509 Certificates used for? K1 Remembering CO3
23 Recall the contents of X.509 Certificate. K1 Remembering CO3
24 List the benefits of X.509 Certificates. K1 Remembering CO3
25 Outline the role of X.509 Certificates in Cryptography K1 Remembering CO3
Part- B (13 Mark Questions)
[Marks allotted in subdivisions, if any to be indicted within brackets]
S.N Sub Question Content BT BT Course
o div Level Description Outcome
Explain in detail about the Digital Signature CO3
(a) K2 Understanding
1 Schemes.(7)
(b) Illustrate the Digital Signature Standards. (6) K2 Understanding CO3
Extend about the Kerberos and its applications. K2 Understanding CO3
(a)
(9)
2
Summarize the authentication Requirements K2 Understanding CO3
(b)
Protocols.(4)
Discuss in detail about the X.509 Directory K6 Creating CO3
(a)
Services.(7)
3
Infer about working principle of digital K2 Understanding CO3
(b)
signatures.(6)
(a) Analyse the Digital signature security attacks. (7) K4 Analysing CO3
4
(b) Outline the benefits of digital signatures. (6) K2 Understanding CO3
Extend the NIST digital signature algorithm and K2 Understanding CO3
(a)
schnorr digital signatures algorithm. (8)
5
Explain about working principle of Digital K2 Understanding CO3
(b)
Signature Standards.(5)
Identify the format of X.509 authentication K3 Applying CO3
(a) service certificate and also explain the
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applications.(7)
(b) What is Authentication and discuss its types.(6) K1 Remembering CO3
Discuss in detail about Authentication protocols. K6 Creating CO3
(a)
7 (7)
(b) Identify the Requirements of Authentication.(6) K3 Applying CO3
(a) Illustrate the working principle of Kerberos .(7) K2 Understanding CO3
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(b) Outline the architecture of Kerberos .(6) K2 Understanding CO3
9 (a) Infer about advantages and limitations of K2 Understanding CO3
Kerberos .(7)
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(b) List and explain the components of Kerberos.(6) K1 Remembering CO3
Illustrate the working principle of X.509 K2 Understanding CO3
(a)
Authentication Service Certificate? (7)
10
Explain the different types of Authentication K2 Understanding CO3
(b)
Systems.(6)
Part - C (15 Mark Questions)
[Marks allotted in subdivisions, if any to be indicted within brackets]
S.No Sub Question Content BT BT Course
div Level Description Outcome
(a) Illustrate in detail about Digital Signature K2 Understanding CO3
Standards.(9)
1
(b) Outline about different types of Authentication K2 Understanding CO3
Systems. (6)
(a) Explain briefly in detail about Kerberos and its K2 Understanding CO3
applications (9)
2
(b) Summarize the authentication Requirements K2 Understanding CO3
Protocols (6)
(a) Discuss in detail the. .509 Directory Services.(8) K6 Creating CO3
3
(b) Elaborate the components of Kerberos.(7) K6 Creating CO3
(a) Classify the types of Authentication Systems. (8) K2 Understanding CO3
4
(b) Interpret the components of Kerberos.(7) K2 Understanding CO3
(a) Determine the working principle of X.509 K5 Evaluating CO3
5 Authentication Service Certificate.(10)
(b) Explain the Authentication protocols.(5) K5 Evaluating CO3
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