HIPAA Exam HIO-301 Topic 1 Question 40 Discussion

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Question #: 40
Topic #: 1

Dr. Alice needs to send patient Bob a prescription electronically. Dr. Alice wants to send the message such that Bob can be sure that the sender of the prescription was in fact Dr. Alice. Dr. Alice decides to encrypt the message as well as include her digital signature. What is the content that Dr. Alice must ''sign'' to generate the digital signature?

ADr. Alice ''signs'' the message digest that was created from the original message (prescription)

BDr. Alice signs the digital certificate

CDr. Alice ''signs'' the original message (prescription)

DDr. Alice ''signs'' the message with her Kerberos ticket

EDr. Alice ''signs'' the original message with Bob's public key

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Suggested Answer: D

by Kristel at Jan 08, 2023, 01:42 PM

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Lisbeth

2 months ago

I bet Dr. Alice is regretting not taking that 'Practical Cryptography for Doctors' elective in med school right about now.

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Trinidad

2 months ago

E is just plain wrong. Using the recipient's (Bob's) public key to sign the message would make no sense at all. This is a digital signature, not a grocery list for Bob.

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Dominque

2 months ago

D is just silly. Kerberos tickets are for authentication, not signing documents. This exam is testing our crypto knowledge, not our fantasy fiction writing skills.

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