Enigma Machine (Cryptography L4) trivia
Enigma Machine (Cryptography L4) Mini Quiz
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Question 1
What kind of device was the Enigma Machine?
The Enigma Machine combined electrical circuits with rotating rotors to turn typed letters into ciphertext.
Question 2
What happened as operators typed on the Enigma Machine?
Each keypress advanced the fast rotor, changing the electrical path used for the next letter.
Question 3
Which Enigma Machine component swapped letter pairs before and after rotor scrambling?
The plugboard swapped selected letter pairs at the machine's input and output, adding another substitution layer.
Question 4
Which machine helped British cryptanalysts find Enigma Machine settings?
The Bombe searched possible Enigma settings using guessed plaintext, called cribs.