Question

Which of the following is a type of traditional cipher?

(a) transportation cipher

(b) transposition cipher

(c) transforming cipher

(d) vigenere cipher

I have been asked this question in an interview for job.

My question is taken from Cryptography in section Cryptography of Data Structures & Algorithms II

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) transposition cipher

To explain: There are two types of a traditional cipher. First is transposition cipher and the second is substitution cipher.