Question

A ____ attack is much more substantial than a DoS attack because of the use of multiple systems to simultaneously attack a single target. Select one: a. networked denial-of-service b. targeted denial-of-service c. heartbeat attack d. distributed denial-of-service

Answer 1

Answer: (D) Distributed denial- of- service (DDoS)

Explanation:

The distributed denial of service attack is one of the type of attack that occur when the multiple system are basically flooded with the resources and the bandwidth.

• Botnet is one of the example of DDoS as it caused the DOS (denial of service) for the users.
• This type of attack is more substantial as compared to the DoS attack as they use the multiple system for attack the single target simultaneously.

Therefore, Option (D) is correct.