220-802 · Question #669
A technician wants to test connectivity with a remote device in the other room that appears to be having intermittent connectivity issues. Which of the following command line tools will allow them…
The correct answer is B. PING. The PING command with the -t flag runs continuously until manually stopped, making it ideal for monitoring intermittent connectivity over an extended period without retyping.
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A technician wants to test connectivity with a remote device in the other room that appears to be having intermittent connectivity issues. Which of the following command line tools will allow them to check connectivity over an extended period of time without having to retype commands?
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- ANSLOOKUP
- BPING
- CNETSTAT
- DTRACERT
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The PING command with the -t flag runs continuously until manually stopped, making it ideal for monitoring intermittent connectivity over an extended period without retyping.
NSLOOKUP is a DNS query tool and does not test or monitor network connectivity over time.
On Windows, 'ping -t <target>' sends ICMP echo requests indefinitely, logging each success or timeout in real time. This allows a technician to passively monitor a connection for intermittent drops over an extended period without any repeated manual input, which directly addresses the intermittent connectivity issue.
NETSTAT displays current active network connections and port statistics but does not send test packets or monitor connectivity to a remote host over time.
TRACERT traces the route packets take to a destination and is a one-shot command that shows hop latency at a single point in time, not ongoing connectivity monitoring.
Concept tested: Continuous PING for intermittent connectivity monitoring
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ping
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