CV0-003 · Question #54
Which of the following tools would an administrator use to test connectivity of a server in the cloud?
The correct answer is A. ping. The ping command uses ICMP echo requests to verify basic network connectivity and reachability between a local machine and a remote host. It is the standard first-step tool for testing whether a cloud server is reachable.
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Which of the following tools would an administrator use to test connectivity of a server in the cloud?
Options
- Aping
- BFTP
- Cnslookup
- Dnetstat
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The ping command uses ICMP echo requests to verify basic network connectivity and reachability between a local machine and a remote host. It is the standard first-step tool for testing whether a cloud server is reachable.
The ping utility sends ICMP Echo Request packets to a target IP address or hostname and measures whether a reply is received, confirming that a network path exists between the administrator's machine and the cloud server. It reports round-trip time and packet loss, making it the most direct and universally available tool for testing basic connectivity to any remote server including cloud-hosted instances.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used to transfer files between systems and requires an already-established TCP connection, so it cannot be used to test basic connectivity.
nslookup queries DNS servers to resolve hostnames to IP addresses and tests name resolution, not actual network connectivity to the server itself.
netstat displays active network connections, routing tables, and interface statistics on the local machine, but does not test connectivity to a remote server.
Concept tested: Using ping to test remote server connectivity
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ping
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