EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist

Here you have the best ECCouncil 212-81v3 practice exam questions

You have 54 total questions across 11 pages (5 per page)
These questions were last updated on February 12, 2026
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Question 1 of 54

3DES can best be classified as which one of the following?

Hashing algorithm

Digital signature

Symmetric algorithm

Asymmetric algorithm

Question 2 of 54

You have been tasked with selecting a digital certificate standard for your company to use. Which one of the following is an international standard for the format and information contained in a digital certificate?

CRL

RFC 2298

X.509

Question 3 of 54

What is the basis for the difficulty in breaking RSA?

Factoring numbers

Hashing

Equations that describe an elliptic curve

The birthday paradox

Question 4 of 54

How does Kerberos generate the first secret key in the authentication process?

By creating a hash of the user password

By generating a random AES key

By using the user's public key

By hashing the user ID, network ID, and salt

Question 5 of 54

The mode makes a block cipher into a synchronous stream cipher. It generates keystream blocks, which are then XORed with the plaintext blocks to get the ciphertext.

Electronic codebook (ECB)

Output feedback (OFB)

Cipher feedback (CFB)

Cipher block chaining (CBC)

About the ECCouncil 212-81v3 Certification Exam

About the Exam

The ECCouncil 212-81v3 (EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist) validates your knowledge and skills. Passing demonstrates proficiency and can boost your career prospects in the field.

How to Prepare

Work through all 54 practice questions across 11 pages. Focus on understanding the reasoning behind each answer rather than memorizing responses to be ready for any variation on the real exam.

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Practice exams help you familiarize yourself with the question format, manage your time, and reduce anxiety on the test day. Our 212-81v3 questions are regularly updated to reflect the latest exam objectives.