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220-801 · Question #798

Which of the following utilities would a technician use to determine network utilization?

The correct answer is D. Task Manager. Windows Task Manager provides real-time network utilization statistics for all active network adapters.

Hardware and network troubleshooting

Question

Which of the following utilities would a technician use to determine network utilization?

Options

  • AStart Menu
  • BMy Network Places
  • CAdministrative Tools
  • DTask Manager

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • D
    93% (39)

Why each option

Windows Task Manager provides real-time network utilization statistics for all active network adapters.

AStart Menu

The Start Menu is a navigation interface for launching programs and accessing system features and provides no network utilization data.

BMy Network Places

My Network Places displays network shares and connections but does not show real-time bandwidth or utilization metrics.

CAdministrative Tools

Administrative Tools provides access to management consoles such as Event Viewer and Computer Management but does not display real-time network utilization.

DTask ManagerCorrect

Task Manager's Performance tab (and dedicated Networking tab in Windows 7) displays current network utilization as a percentage of total link bandwidth in real time. This allows a technician to quickly identify whether a network adapter is saturated or if abnormal traffic is present.

Concept tested: Using Task Manager to monitor network utilization

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-task-manager-in-windows

Topics

#network utilization#Task Manager#performance monitoring#Windows tools

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