CompTIA Exam Questions

Which of the following would explain the situation?

Joe is exchanging encrypted email with another party. Joe encrypts the initial email with a key. When Joe
receives a response, he is unable to decrypt the response with the same key he used initially. Which of
the following would explain the situation?

A.
An ephemeral key was used for one of the messages

B.
A stream cipher was used for the initial email, a block cipher was used for the reply

C.
Out-of-band key exchange has taken place

D.
Asymmetric encryption is being used