Dell EMC Associate – Information Storage and Management v5 — Question 89

What is an impact of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack?

Answer options

• A. Duplicates user credentials to compromise data security
• B. Compromises user accounts and data to malicious insiders
• C. Prevents legitimate users from accessing IT resources or service
• D. Hijacks privileges to compromise data security

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because a Denial of Service (DoS) attack aims to make IT resources unavailable to legitimate users. The other options describe different types of security threats that do not specifically relate to the denial of access caused by a DoS attack.