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Commerce · Q182

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 182

Q182

What floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes?

A.
Computer virus
B.
Worm
C.
Denial‐of‐service attack
Answer
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Denial‐of‐service attack floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes. A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is a type of cyber attack in which a malicious actor aims to render a computer or other device unavailable to its intended users by interrupting the device's normal functioning.