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Which of the following programs can be used to determine the routing path to a given destination?

The correct answer is E. traceroute. The traceroute utility precisely identifies the sequence of routers (hops) that network packets traverse to reach a specified destination.

Submitted by brentm· Apr 18, 2026Networking

Question

Which of the following programs can be used to determine the routing path to a given destination?

Options

  • Adig
  • Bnetstat
  • Cping
  • Droute
  • Etraceroute

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • E
    88% (21)

Why each option

The `traceroute` utility precisely identifies the sequence of routers (hops) that network packets traverse to reach a specified destination.

Adig

The `dig` command is a DNS lookup utility and does not determine network routing paths.

Bnetstat

The `netstat` command displays network connections, routing tables, and interface statistics on the local machine but does not map the path to a remote host.

Cping

The `ping` command tests reachability to a host and measures round-trip time but does not show the intermediate hops along the path.

Droute

The `route` command displays or modifies the IP routing table on the local system but does not trace the path packets take to a destination.

EtracerouteCorrect

The `traceroute` command explicitly shows the path packets take to a network host, listing each router (hop) along with latency measurements, which is its primary function for determining the routing path.

Concept tested: Network path discovery

Source: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/traceroute.8.html

Topics

#traceroute#routing path#network commands#network troubleshooting

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