Refer to the exhibit. Which SMB path is used to access the share from client side?

Question

Exhibit

Options

• A\SMB-FS07\Sales\Hmarine_Sales
• B\nas-smb07.hmarine test\SMB-FS07\ Hmarine_Sales
• C\SMB-FS07\Hmarine_Sales
• D\nas-smb07.hmarine.test\ Hmarine_Sales

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  91% (39)

Explanation

Option D is correct because the SMB UNC path format is \\ServerHostname\ShareName, and nas-smb07.hmarine.test is the server's fully qualified domain name (FQDN) used by clients to reach the device on the network, while Hmarine_Sales is the configured share name - matching both fields exactly.

Why the distractors fail:

• A (\\SMB-FS07\Sales\Hmarine_Sales) substitutes the internal volume/filesystem label SMB-FS07 as the server name and incorrectly adds a Sales\ subdirectory in the path, neither of which is the externally reachable server address.
• B (\\nas-smb07.hmarine test\SMB-FS07\Hmarine_Sales) contains a space in the domain name (hmarine test vs. hmarine.test), making it syntactically invalid, and inserts the volume name as an extra path segment.
• C (\\SMB-FS07\Hmarine_Sales) uses the volume name as if it were the server's network hostname - clients must use the DNS-resolvable name, not the internal storage label.

Memory tip: Think of the UNC path as a postal address - \\ is the "network," the first segment is the building (server's DNS name clients can actually find), and the second segment is the room (share name). Anything that puts a storage label or filesystem ID where the DNS name belongs will get you lost.

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