A Linux administrator wants to resolve a remote server name locally. When of the following files should the administrator modify?

The /etc/hosts file on Linux is consulted before DNS queries by default, making it the correct place to add a static hostname-to-IP mapping for a remote server. An administrator edits this file to resolve a specific remote server name locally by adding an entry in the format 'IP hostname'. This approach is immediate and requires no DNS infrastructure changes.

/etc/resolv.conf configures the DNS resolver settings such as nameserver addresses and search domains, but does not contain static hostname mappings.

/etc/network (or /etc/network/interfaces) defines network interface parameters like IP address and gateway, not hostname resolution records.

/etc/rpc maps RPC program names to their program numbers for remote procedure call services, which is unrelated to hostname resolution.