Dell EMC Associate – Information Storage and Management v4 — Question 96

What is an impact of a Denial-of-Service attack?

Answer options

• A. Privileges are intentionally misused to compromise data security
• B. User's credentials are eavesdropped by the attacker
• C. Computing resources are exhausted and made unavailable to users
• D. User's accounts and data are compromised by malicious insiders

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because a Denial-of-Service attack aims to overwhelm systems, rendering them inaccessible to legitimate users. Options A, B, and D describe other types of security threats but do not pertain to the specific outcome of a Denial-of-Service attack.