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NTC PS04EMTH59 (16-04-2025)
Question 1.     (12) .
i)
2
ii)
3
iii)
4
iv)
5

Question 2. The number of primitive roots modulo 31 is     .
i)
8
ii)
9
iii)
30
iv)
none of these

Question 3. In an Elgamal PKC with parameters g = 2 and p = 7, Alice’s public key is 4, whereas Bob’s message is 3 and his ephemeral key is 4. Then the ciphertext of Bob sent to Alice is     .
i)
(2,6)
ii)
(2,5)
iii)
(3,6)
iv)
(3,5)

Question 4. A square root of 3 modulo 19     .
i)
4
ii)
15
iii)
does not exists
iv)
none of these

Question 5. Let C = {m m is composite}. Which of the following is true?
i)
For all m C, every Miller-Rabin witness of m is a Fermat-witness.
ii)
For all m C, every Fermat-witness of m is a Miller-Rabin witness.
iii)
There is m C with a Fermat-witness which is not a Miller-Rabin witness.
iv)
None of these.

Question 6. ϕ(n)π(n) for n =     .
i)
8
ii)
10
iii)
12
iv)
none of these

Question 7.     has a 4-to-1 message expansion.
i)
RSA PKC
ii)
Elgamal PKC
iii)
Elliptic Elgamal PKC
iv)
ECDH key-exchange

Question 8. For an elliptic curve E : Y 2 = X3 15X + 18 and P = (3,0) E, 2P =     .
i)
P
ii)
(3,0)
iii)
(6,0)
iv)
O