A ____ Attack Keeps the Target So Busy Responding to a Stream

question 47

Multiple Choice

A ____ attack keeps the target so busy responding to a stream of automated requests that legitimate users cannot get in.

• A) botnet
• B) rootkit
• C) logic bomb
• D) distributed denial-of-service

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Definitions:

Diminishing Returns

A principle stating that adding an additional factor of production results in smaller increases in output.

Marginal Product

The additional output resulting from the use of one more unit of a factor of production.

Labor

Human effort used in the production of goods and services.

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, identical products sold by all firms, no barriers to enter or exit the market, and perfect knowledge of prices and technology.