| 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.
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Question 1
Single answerBruce 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?
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Option A:Correct
Pegasus
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Option B:Correct
Blowfish
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Option C:Correct
SHA1
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Option D:Correct
AES
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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.
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Question 2
Multiple answersWhich of the following are valid key sizes for AES (choose three)?
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Option A:Correct
192
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Option B:Correct
56
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Option C:Correct
256
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Option D:Correct
128
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Option E:Correct
512
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Option F:Correct
64
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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.
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Question 3
Single answerAs 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.
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Option A:Correct
CBC-MAC
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Option B:Correct
CRC-MAC
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Option C:Correct
CRC-32
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Option D:Correct
CBC-32
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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.
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Question 4
Multiple answersWhich one of the following are characteristics of a hash function? (Choose two)
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Option A:Correct
Requires a key
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Option B:Correct
One-way
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Option C:Correct
Fixed length output
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Option D:Correct
Symmetric
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Option E:Correct
Fast
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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.
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Question 5
Single answerOriginal, unencrypted information is referred to as ____.
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Option A:Correct
text
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Option B:Correct
plaintext
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Option C:Correct
ciphertext
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Option D:Correct
cleartext
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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 " ).
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