What does the traceroute utility primarily reveal about the path to a destination?

The DNS name of the destination server

The IP addresses of intermediate routers

The application-layer protocol used by the destination

The MAC addresses of all devices on the local segment

Users at a branch office report that accessing a cloud application is extremely slow, while other internet sites load normally. From a workstation at the branch, you run `tracert` to the cloud application's IP and see that hops 1 through 5 respond in under 5 ms, but hop 6 (an ISP router) shows three asterisks (* * *), and hops 7 through 12 respond with latencies above 300 ms. What is the MOST appropriate conclusion from this output?

The destination server is down because the final hops show high latency.

The branch office's local network is the cause because hops 1 through 5 show low latency.

The high latency begins after hop 6, indicating the performance bottleneck is likely in the ISP's network or beyond.

The ISP router at hop 6 is dropping all packets, causing the high latency at subsequent hops.

A Linux administrator needs to securely copy a configuration file from a local workstation to a remote server. The administrator wants to use a command that encrypts the file transfer using SSH. Which command should be used?

`ftp /local/config.conf user@192.168.1.10`

`tftp /local/config.conf 192.168.1.10`

`scp /local/config.conf user@192.168.1.10:/remote/`

`nc -w 3 192.168.1.10 8080 < /local/config.conf`

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Tools and Protocols N10-009 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Network troubleshooting domain, which makes up ~15% of our current practice bank. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~5–9 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 53 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
A technician needs to verify that a domain name resolves to the correct IP address. Which command-line tool should be used?
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2foundation · easy
What does the traceroute utility primarily reveal about the path to a destination?
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3application · medium
Users at a branch office report that accessing a cloud application is extremely slow, while other internet sites load normally. From a workstation at the branch, you run `tracert` to the cloud application's IP and see that hops 1 through 5 respond in under 5 ms, but hop 6 (an ISP router) shows three asterisks (* * *), and hops 7 through 12 respond with latencies above 300 ms. What is the MOST appropriate conclusion from this output?
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4application · medium
A Linux administrator needs to securely copy a configuration file from a local workstation to a remote server. The administrator wants to use a command that encrypts the file transfer using SSH. Which command should be used?
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5foundation · easy
Which protocol is commonly used to transfer files between a client and a server, but transmits data in plaintext?
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Tools and Protocols N10-009 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

A technician needs to verify that a domain name resolves to the correct IP address. Which command-line tool should be used?

What does the traceroute utility primarily reveal about the path to a destination?

A Linux administrator needs to securely copy a configuration file from a local workstation to a remote server. The administrator wants to use a command that encrypts the file transfer using SSH. Which command should be used?

Which protocol is commonly used to transfer files between a client and a server, but transmits data in plaintext?

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