Benha University 3th year Electrical Engineering Dept.

Benha Faculty of Engineering Program: comm. and computer

1st semester 0202 /2021 Computer Networks ( E1325 )

SHEET NO.3
Question: Choose the correct Answer:

1. Which of the following commands is used to test connectivity between machines?

a. FTP
b. Ipconfig
c. Ping

2. Which command is used to display the path that a packet travels to its destination?
a. netstat -s
b. show ip route
c. netstat -r
d. tracert

3. The main difference between a Ping and a Tracert is that? (Choose two.)
a. A Ping is a quick and easy utility to help us tell if the destination server is reachable
and how long will it take to send and receive data from that server.
b. The tracert command reaches the destination faster.
c. The tracert command sends one ICMP message to each hop in the path.
d. The tracert command is used to test the connectivity between two devices.
e. A tracert command finds the exact route taken to reach the server and the time
taken by each step (hop) between each point and the next.

4. Which two things can be determined by using the ping command? (Choose two.)
a. the number of routers between the source and destination device
b. the IP address of the router nearest the destination device
c. the average time it takes a packet to reach the destination and for the response to
return to the source
d. the destination device is reachable through the network
e. the average time it takes each router in the path between source and destination to
respond

5. Which statement describes a characteristic of the tracert utility?

a. It sends four Echo Request messages.
b. It utilizes the ICMP Source Quench messages.
c. It is primarily used to test connectivity between two hosts.
d. It identifies the routers in the path from a source host to a destination host.

6. Which utility uses the Internet Control Messaging Protocol (ICMP)?

a. RIP
b. DNS
c. ping
d. NTP

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7. A network administrator can successfully ping the server at www.cisco.com, but cannot
ping the company web server located at an ISP in another city. Which tool or command
would help identify the specific router where the packet was lost or delayed?
a. ipconfig
b. netstat
c. telnet
d. tracert

8. Which protocol is used by IPv4 to provide error messaging?

a. ICMP
b. NDP
c. ARP
d. DHCP

9. A technician is troubleshooting a network where it is suspected that a defective node in

the network path is causing packets to be dropped. The technician only has the IP
address of the end point device and does not have any details of the intermediate
devices. What command can the technician use to identify the faulty node?
a. tracert
b. ping
c. ipconfig /flushdns
d. ipconfig /displaydns

10. A user who is unable to connect to the file server contacts the help desk. The helpdesk
technician asks the user to ping the IP address of the default gateway that is configured
on the workstation. What is the purpose for this ping command?
a. to obtain a dynamic IP address from the server
b. to request that gateway forward the connection request to the file server
c. to test that the host has the capability to reach hosts on other networks
d. to resolve the domain name of the file server to its IP address

11. Which command can be used to test connectivity between two devices using echo
request and echo reply messages?
a. netstat
b. traceroute
c. ICMP
d. ping
12. Which protocol provides feedback from the destination host to the source host about
errors in packet delivery?
a. ARP
b. BOOTP
c. DNS
d. ICMP

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13. Refer to the exhibit. An administrator is trying to troubleshoot connectivity between
PC1 and PC2 and uses the tracert command from PC1 to do it. Based on the displayed
output, where should the administrator begin troubleshooting?

a. PC2
b. R1
c. SW2
d. R2
e. SW1

14. Which of the following describes the function of ARP?

a. It is used to map a 32-bit IP address to a 48-bit ethernet address.
b. It is used to map a 48-bit ethernet address to a 32-bit IP address.
c. It is used to map a 32-bit ethernet address to a 48-bit IP address.
d. It is used to map a 48-bit IP address to a 32-bit ethernet address.

15. What command allows a user to view the ARP cache, and to add and delete entries?
a. ping
b. ifconfig
c. arp

16. An ARP request is normally _______.

a. broadcast
b. multicast
c. unicast
d. none of the above

17. An ARP reply is normally _______.

a. broadcast
b. multicast
c. unicast
d. none of the above

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18. ICMP is a _________ layer protocol.
a. data link
b. transport
c. network
d. none of the above

19. To determine whether a node is reachable, _______ message can be sent.

a. An echo-request
b. An echo-reply
c. A redirection
d. A source-quench

20. When the hop-count (TTL) field reaches zero and the destination has not been reached,
a _______ error message is sent.
a. source-quench
b. time-exceeded
c. parameter-problem
d. timestamp-request

21. ICMP messages are divided into two broad categories: _____________.
a. query and error reporting messages
b. request and response messages
c. request and reply messages
d. none of the above

22. Which of the following services is used to translate a web address into an IP address?
a. DNS
b. WINS
c. DHCP
d. Telnet

23. Which of the following fields for a given IP packet header change (decremented) from
router to router as it travels to its destination?
a. Time-to-Live (TTL)
b. Sequence Number
c. Acknowledgment Number
d. Differentiated Services

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24. Refer to the exhibit.

Host A has tested connectivity to a remote network. What is the default gateway for
host A?
a. 172.16.182.1
b. 192.168.1.1
c. 10.16.176.1
d. 192.168.1.6

25. Host A wants to send data to Host B. Host A knows Host B's IP address, but not its
MAC address. There are two switches and a hub between the two hosts. What protocol
will allow Host A to transmit data successfully to Host B?
a. ARP
b. Inverse ARP
c. RARP
d. Proxy ARP

26. Which three pieces of information are revealed by the ipconfig command (without the
/all switch)? (Choose three.)
a. IP address
b. DHCP server
c. subnet mask
d. default gateway
e. DNS server
f. MAC address

27. What is the purpose of the DHCP server?

a. to provide storage for email
b. to translate URLs to IP addresses
c. to translate IPv4 addresses to MAC addresses
d. to provide an IP configuration information to hosts

28. A network administrator can successfully ping the server at www.cisco.com, but cannot
ping the company web server located at an ISP in another city. Which tool or command
would help identify the specific router where the packet was lost or delayed?
a. ipconfig
b. netstat
c. telnet
d. traceroute

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29. An administrator suspects that packets to an IP address are being dropped over the
internet. Which of the following tools would be the BEST to determine the hop that is
dropping the packets?
a. ping
b. nslookup
c. traceroute
d. netstat

30. Which of the following terms refers to the act of traveling from one point to the next on
a network path?
a. Bounce
b. Route
c. Road trip
d. Hop