Identify the Attack in Which a Malicious Hacker Floods a Target

question 9

Multiple Choice

Identify the attack in which a malicious hacker floods a target site with demands for data and other small tasks.

• A)Distributed denial-of-service
• B)Smishing
• C)Logic bomb
• D)Phishing

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Definitions:

Keystone Species

Keystone species are species that have a disproportionately large effect on their community or ecosystem relative to their abundance, playing a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community.

Community

In ecology, a community is a group of interacting species living in the same area, sharing a common environment.

Small Numbers

A numerical quantity categorized as being less than some arbitrary value, often context-specific.

Keystone Species

A species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in the ecosystem.