A Hacker Can Launch a Denial-Of-Service Attack Against a Web

question 57

Multiple Choice

A hacker can launch a denial-of-service attack against a web server by ________ it with millions of bogus service requests.

• A) programming
• B) flooding
• C) denying
• D) hacking
• E) probing

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning process.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Response

The automatic or natural reaction to a stimulus in classical conditioning, which occurs without the necessity for prior learning.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus after it has been repeatedly associated with an unconditioned stimulus.