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Which of the following utilities produces the output shown in the image below?

The correct answer is B. PING. The PING utility produces output showing round-trip reply statistics including bytes, TTL, and response time for each packet sent to a target host.

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Question

Which of the following utilities produces the output shown in the image below?

Options

  • AIPCONFIG
  • BPING
  • CPATHPING
  • DTRACERT

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    82% (23)
  • C
    11% (3)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

The PING utility produces output showing round-trip reply statistics including bytes, TTL, and response time for each packet sent to a target host.

AIPCONFIG

IPCONFIG displays the local machine's network adapter configuration such as IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway - it does not send packets or produce reply-based output.

BPINGCorrect

PING sends ICMP Echo Request packets to a destination and displays replies with fields such as bytes received, time in milliseconds, and TTL value for each response. The standard output format includes a per-packet line like 'Reply from x.x.x.x: bytes=32 time=Xms TTL=XX' followed by a summary of sent, received, and lost packets. This matches the typical image shown for basic ICMP connectivity testing.

CPATHPING

PATHPING combines PING and TRACERT functionality by showing per-hop latency and packet loss statistics over a measurement period, producing a more detailed multi-section report rather than simple per-packet replies.

DTRACERT

TRACERT traces the route to a destination and displays each intermediate hop's IP address and round-trip time across multiple hops, not simple per-packet ICMP replies to a single host.

Concept tested: PING utility ICMP connectivity testing output

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

Topics

#ping utility#ICMP#network diagnostics#command line output

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