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

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A dictionary attack is the most likely method to crack a password like "tiger" as it is a common word that is likely to be in a password dictionary. A brute-force attack would also eventually crack it, but it would take longer as it tries every possible combination of characters. An authentication attack doesn't make sense in this context, and an attack on an application running as root would require additional information about the system.

A User Picks the Password Tiger