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Exam Code 212-81
Exam Name Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES)
Vendor Eccouncil
Total Questions 206
Last Updated 26-Oct, 2026
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Free 212-81 Practice Questions

Explore 5 free practice questions for the Eccouncil 212-81 exam and review the answers and explanations to support your preparation.

  1. Question 1

    Single answer

    Bruce Schneier is a well-known and highly respected cryptographer. He has developed several pseudo random number

    generators as well as worked on teams developing symmetric ciphers. Which one of the following is a symmetric block

    cipher designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier team that is unpatented?

    • Option A:

      Pegasus

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Blowfish

      Correct
    • Option C:

      SHA1

      Correct
    • Option D:

      AES

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: B

    Explanation

    Blowfish

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher)

    Blowfish is a symmetric-key block cipher, designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier and included in many cipher suites and encryption products.

  2. Question 2

    Multiple answers

    Which of the following are valid key sizes for AES (choose three)?

    • Option A:

      192

      Correct
    • Option B:

      56

      Correct
    • Option C:

      256

      Correct
    • Option D:

      128

      Correct
    • Option E:

      512

      Correct
    • Option F:

      64

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: A, C, D

    Explanation

    Correct answers: 128, 192, 256

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard

    The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael, is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001.

    AES is a subset of the Rijndael block cipher developed by two Belgian cryptographers, Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen, who submitted a proposal to NIST during the AES selection process. Rijndael is a family of ciphers with different key and block sizes. For AES, NIST selected three members of the Rijndael family, each with a block size of 128 bits, but three different key lengths: 128, 192 and 256 bits.

  3. Question 3

    Single answer

    As a network administrator, you have implemented WPA2 encryption in your corporate wireless network

    . The WPA2 ' s ________ integrity check mechanism provides security against a replay attack.

    • Option A:

      CBC-MAC

      Correct
    • Option B:

      CRC-MAC

      Correct
    • Option C:

      CRC-32

      Correct
    • Option D:

      CBC-32

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: A

    Explanation

    CBC-MAC

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC-MAC

    A cipher block chaining message authentication code (CBC-MAC) is a technique for constructing a message authentication code from a block cipher. The message is encrypted with some block cipher algorithm in CBC mode to create a chain of blocks such that each block depends on the proper encryption of the previous block. This interdependence ensures that a change to any of the plaintext bits will cause the final encrypted block to change in a way that cannot be predicted or counteracted without knowing the key to the block cipher. Using in WPA2 for integrity check and provides security against a replay attack.

  4. Question 4

    Multiple answers

    Which one of the following are characteristics of a hash function? (Choose two)

    • Option A:

      Requires a key

      Correct
    • Option B:

      One-way

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Fixed length output

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Symmetric

      Correct
    • Option E:

      Fast

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: B, C

    Explanation

    Correct answers: One-way, Fixed length output

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function

    A cryptographic hash function is a mathematical algorithm that maps data of arbitrary size (often called the " message " ) to a bit array of a fixed size (the " hash value " , " hash " , or " message digest " ). It is a one-way function, that is, a function which is practically infeasible to invert.

  5. Question 5

    Single answer

    Original, unencrypted information is referred to as ____.

    • Option A:

      text

      Correct
    • Option B:

      plaintext

      Correct
    • Option C:

      ciphertext

      Correct
    • Option D:

      cleartext

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: B

    Explanation

    plaintext

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintext

    In cryptography, plaintext usually means unencrypted information pending input into cryptographic algorithms, usually encryption algorithms. Cleartext usually refers to data that is transmitted or stored unencrypted ( " in clear " ).