Question

An employee starts the execution of an OLAP application that uses a lot of computational resources while executing.​ Normally, this application runs overnight when resources are not heavily​ used, but this time it is executed during prime work time. As a​ result, order-entry transactions are unable to be completed. This type of human error is termed​ __________.
(A) spoofing
(B) spamming
(C) spoofing
(D) denial of service
(E) hacking

Answer 1

Answer:

(D) denial of service

Explanation:

Denial of service -

It is a type of cyber - attack where offender tries to make the source of network or the machine unavailable for the user via disturbing the service of the of the internet .

The task of denial of service is done by flooding the machine or the source with many requests in a way to overload the system .

Hence , from the question , the example shown in the question is about denial of service .