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GISP · Question #203

Which of the following types of attacks is mounted with the objective of causing a negative impact on the performance of a computer or network?

The correct answer is A. Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Which of the following types of attacks is mounted with the objective of causing a negative impact on the performance of a computer or network?

Options

  • ADenial-of-Service (DoS) attack
  • BImpersonation attack
  • CVulnerability attack
  • DMan-in-the-middle attack

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    78% (28)
  • B
    11% (4)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    8% (3)

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