What is the difference between a brute-force attack and a dictionary attack?

A.
A dictionary attack can be thwarted by account lockout, whereas a brute force attack cannot.

B.
A brute force attack can be thwarted by account lockout, whereas a dictionary attack cannot.

C.
A dictionary attack requires the use of a text file with names, whereas a brute-force attack
requires the use of social engineering.

D.
A brute-force attack uses random characters in a character set to guess passwords, whereas a
dictionary attack uses a list of complete words.

Explanation: