Question

Primitive Polynomial is also called a ____

i) Perfect Polynomial

ii) Prime Polynomial

iii) Irreducible Polynomial

iv) Imperfect Polynomial

(a) ii) and iii)

(b) only iii)

(c) iv) and ii)

(d) None

The question was asked in an international level competition.

Question is from Polynomial and Modular Arithmetic topic in portion Basic Concepts in Number Theory and Finite Fields of Cryptograph & Network Security

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) ii) and iii)

For explanation: Irreducible polynomial is also called a prime polynomial or primitive polynomial.