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1. (20 marks) The following ciphertext was encryption of an English sentence using a shift cipher:
ERETTPIEHECOIITWXLIHSGXSVEAEC.
2. (20 marks) Encrypt the following plaintext using the affine cipher with key (a, b) = (5, 8) and
obtain the ciphertext.
Knowledge is power
3. (20 marks) Let the encryption keyword of a monoalphabetic cipher be CODE. Obtain ciphertext
for message sentence:
Knowledge is power
4. (20 marks) Let the encryption keyword of a Vigenere cipher be CODE. Obtain ciphertext for
message sentence:
Knowledge is power
5. (20 marks) Let the encryption key-phrase of a playfair cipher be CODE WORD. Obtain the
encryption key and the ciphertext for message sentence:
Knowledge is power
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