HIPAA HIO-301 Exam - Topic 3 Question 84 Discussion

Actual exam question for HIPAA's HIO-301 exam

Question #: 84
Topic #: 3

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This is referred to as the ''fingerprint'' of a message:

ACiphertext

BCryptotext

CBlowfish

D3DES

EMessage Digest

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Suggested Answer: E

by Melissia at Mar 04, 2025, 03:17 PM

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Charlesetta

5 months ago

Blowfish is just an algorithm, not a fingerprint!

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Shawn

6 months ago

Wait, isn't it Cryptotext? I'm not so sure.

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Elouise

6 months ago

Totally agree, Ciphertext is the right term.

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Sharan

6 months ago

I thought it was Message Digest.

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Vashti

6 months ago

It's definitely Ciphertext!

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Josphine

7 months ago

I’m confused; I thought Blowfish and 3DES were just encryption algorithms, not something that identifies a message.

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Samuel

7 months ago

I feel like I saw a practice question about this, and it mentioned that a message digest is used for integrity checks. That might be the right answer!

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Ellen

7 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember studying that ciphertext is the result of encryption. Could that be what they mean by "fingerprint"?

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Felix

7 months ago

I think the "fingerprint" of a message refers to something that uniquely identifies it, so maybe it's the Message Digest?

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Jeniffer

7 months ago

Okay, let me break this down. The "fingerprint" of a message is a unique identifier, so it's got to be something like a hash or digest. I'm going to go with E - Message Digest.

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Eric

7 months ago

I'm a bit confused by the wording of this question. What exactly do they mean by "fingerprint"? I want to make sure I understand the concept before answering.

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Peter

7 months ago

Ah, I remember learning about this in class. The "fingerprint" of a message is its message digest, so the answer has to be E.

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Alishia

7 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. I'm debating between A - Ciphertext and E - Message Digest. I'll have to think it through carefully.

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Krystal

7 months ago

This one seems pretty straightforward. I'm pretty confident the answer is E - Message Digest.

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