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CV0-002 · Question #165

Which of the following tools would an administrator use when determining the hop count between a source and a destination?

The correct answer is D. tracert. The 'tracert' command is used to trace the route that packets take to a network host, displaying the number of hops and the time taken for each hop.

Troubleshooting

Question

Which of the following tools would an administrator use when determining the hop count between a source and a destination?

Options

  • Aarp
  • Bnbstat
  • Cipconfig
  • Dtracert

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    87% (26)

Why each option

The 'tracert' command is used to trace the route that packets take to a network host, displaying the number of hops and the time taken for each hop.

Aarp

The 'arp' (Address Resolution Protocol) command displays and modifies the IP-to-physical address translation tables, not network hop count.

Bnbstat

The 'nbstat' (NetBIOS over TCP/IP statistics) command displays NetBIOS protocol statistics, name tables, and the NetBIOS name cache, not network hop count.

Cipconfig

The 'ipconfig' command displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and can refresh DHCP and DNS settings, not network hop count.

DtracertCorrect

The 'tracert' (traceroute) utility is a diagnostic tool for displaying the route and measuring transit delays of packets across an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It specifically shows the hop count, which is the number of routers (hops) a packet passes through to reach its destination.

Concept tested: Network diagnostic tools - tracert

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/tracert

Topics

#tracert#hop count#network troubleshooting

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