A user picks the password "tiger." This is likely to be cracked quickly by a(n)________.
A)attack on an application running as root
B)brute-force attack
C)dictionary attack
D)reverse engineering attack

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A dictionary attack is a type of cyber attack that attempts to guess a password by using a pre-existing list of known passwords or commonly used words, such as "tiger." This method is often successful and relatively quick, as it does not require generating every possible combination of characters (brute-force) or reverse engineering the password.

A User Picks the Password "Tiger