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220-701 · Question #221

A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is:

The correct answer is A. an attempt to bring down a website or other online service. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is:

Options

  • Aan attempt to bring down a website or other online service.
  • Ba prank where someone sends an unauthorized e-mail attempting to close a user's e-mail
  • Cstealing a user's identity and making changes to their accounts.
  • Dan attempt to change a user's password to prevent access to a service by repeatedly guessing

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(44 responses)
  • A
    82% (36)
  • B
    9% (4)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    7% (3)

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