CCST Network Troubleshooting Tools

Question 1

Which command-line tool sends ICMP echo requests to test basic connectivity between two hosts?

Accepted Answer

ping

Answer

traceroute

Answer

nslookup

Answer

netstat

Question 2

A technician wants to see every router hop a packet traverses from source to destination. Which tool should they use?

Accepted Answer

traceroute

Answer

ping

Answer

ipconfig

Answer

arp

Question 3

Which Windows command displays the local machine's IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway?

Accepted Answer

ipconfig

Answer

ifconfig

Answer

netstat

Answer

route

Question 4

A technician suspects a DNS issue. Which tool can be used to query a DNS server for hostname-to-IP resolution?

Accepted Answer

nslookup

Answer

nmap

Answer

arp

Answer

route

Question 5

Which command displays the ARP cache, showing the mapping of IP addresses to MAC addresses?

Accepted Answer

arp -a

Answer

ipconfig /all

Answer

netstat -r

Answer

ping -a

Question 6

Which tool provides active TCP/UDP connection information, listening ports, and routing tables on a local system?

Accepted Answer

netstat

Answer

traceroute

Answer

dig

Answer

whois