Questions for Test

Which topics and ideas do you think are the most important out of those we have studied?
The most important things that I think we've studied are the computational problems that you can do by hand, and also knowing the steps and general idea of each of the cryptosystems we've learned about in this last section. I think that if I know how to do the computational stuff like chinese remainder theorem and know the steps and ideas of RSA, ElGamal, etc, and the definitions and theorems, that hopefully it'll be ok :)


What kinds of questions do you expect to see on the exam?
Just as I said before, I think that there will be a couple computational, some that show we know the steps and general idea of the cryposystems we've learned, and maybe some proofs, but hopefully not :)

What do you need to work on understanding better before the exam?
I think that I just need to focus on those things that I don't quite understand. Especially if it's on the study guide and I don't understand it. That includes a few of the cryptosystems we've learned, so I'll need to go over those and raelly understand them before I get near that test.


Are there topics you are especially interested in studying during the rest of the semester? What are they?
No, I've been very interested in what we've been learning so far. If the class continues like this, then I'll be very happy, I like this class a lot and I find most eveything very interesting!