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HIPAA Exam HIO-301 Topic 1 Question 40 Discussion

Actual exam question for HIPAA's HIO-301 exam
Question #: 40
Topic #: 1
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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?

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Suggested Answer: D

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Lisbeth
26 days 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
27 days 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
28 days 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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Martin
1 months ago
Option C seems more logical, as she should sign the original message (prescription) itself, not the digest. That's how digital signatures work, right?
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Earleen
1 days ago
C) Dr. Alice 'signs' the original message (prescription)
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Karol
3 days ago
B) Dr. Alice signs the digital certificate
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Amber
16 days ago
A) Dr. Alice 'signs' the message digest that was created from the original message (prescription)
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Jody
2 months ago
I agree, signing the message digest is a common practice for digital signatures.
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Antonio
2 months ago
That makes sense, it ensures the integrity of the message.
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Nana
2 months ago
I think the correct answer is A. Dr. Alice needs to sign the message digest to ensure the integrity and authenticity of the prescription.
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Bettina
16 days ago
User 2: That makes sense. By signing the message digest, Dr. Alice can verify that the prescription has not been altered.
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Virgina
22 days ago
User 1: I think the correct answer is A. Dr. Alice needs to sign the message digest to ensure the integrity and authenticity of the prescription.
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Evangelina
2 months ago
I think I should sign the message digest created from the original message.
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