220-1102 Question #427: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

A systems administrator is troubleshooting network performance issues in a large corporate office. The end users report that traffic to certain internal environments is not stable and often drops. Which of the following command-line tools can provide the most detailed information for investigating the issue further?

Options

• Aipconfig
• Barp
• Cnslookup
• Dpathping

Explanation

To diagnose unstable network traffic and drops in a corporate environment, pathping provides the most detailed information by combining ping and tracert functionality.

Common mistakes.

• A. ipconfig displays current TCP/IP network configuration values but does not provide information about network path performance, latency, or packet loss between devices.
• B. arp (Address Resolution Protocol) displays and modifies the IP-to-physical address translation tables, which is useful for local network connectivity but offers no insight into path performance or packet loss over multiple hops.
• C. nslookup is used to query DNS servers for domain name or IP address information and does not provide details about network path stability, latency, or packet loss.

Concept tested. Network troubleshooting tools-pathping

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/pathping

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