The employees and residents of Ciscoville cannot access the Internet or any remote web-based services. IT workers quickly determine that the city firewall is being flooded with so much traffic that a breakdown of connectivity to the Internet is occurring. Which type of attack is being launched at Ciscoville?

The employees and residents of Ciscoville cannot access the Internet or any remote web-based services. IT workers quickly determine that the city firewall is being flooded with so much traffic that a breakdown of connectivity to the Internet is occurring. Which type of attack is being launched at Ciscoville?

• access
• Trojan horse
• reconnaissance
• DoS

Explanation:  A DoS (denial of service) attack prevents authorized users from using one or more computing resources.

Exam with this question: Introduction to Networks (Version 7.0) – ITNv7 Practice Final Exam