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Well, each question has four options
My complaint isn't so much that people answered some of these incorrectly, but that they are answering the questions on a computer. How much work is it to open a command window and run the command?
Only 74% of respondents answered "Which of the following switches would you use with the netstat command to view a system's routing table?" correctly. Let's think about this...routing starts with r, maybe it's the -r switch... type in C:\ >netstat -r ...by damn, there's the routing table!
Only 73% of respondents gave the correct answer to "Which of the following tools would you use to review and modify a host's address resolution protocol table?" correctly. Address Resolution Protocol?
Gimme an A! A!
Gimme an R! R!
Gimme a P! P!
What's that spell? arp!
Say it again... Arp!
I can't hear youuu! ARP!
And google is your friend. I've not delved into the nuts and bolts of Linux networking like I should, so I had to search for mtr. This is at the top of the page from the first link on the first page of results, searching for 'linux mtr': "What is MTR?
mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool." http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ Yet only 36% of respondents got it right, and I suspect most of those knew the answer outright.
Maybe I'm assuming too much (good sense, for example?), but sheesh! I don't look at these quizzes as strictly a test of my knowledge, but also a test of my abilities. To not even look up the answers when you are already on the internet is just...just...stupid.
No wonder so many people complain about slow networks!
Only 74% of respondents answered "Which of the following switches would you use with the netstat command to view a system's routing table?" correctly. Let's think about this...routing starts with r, maybe it's the -r switch... type in C:\ >netstat -r ...by damn, there's the routing table!
Only 73% of respondents gave the correct answer to "Which of the following tools would you use to review and modify a host's address resolution protocol table?" correctly. Address Resolution Protocol?
Gimme an A! A!
Gimme an R! R!
Gimme a P! P!
What's that spell? arp!
Say it again... Arp!
I can't hear youuu! ARP!
And google is your friend. I've not delved into the nuts and bolts of Linux networking like I should, so I had to search for mtr. This is at the top of the page from the first link on the first page of results, searching for 'linux mtr': "What is MTR?
mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool." http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ Yet only 36% of respondents got it right, and I suspect most of those knew the answer outright.
Maybe I'm assuming too much (good sense, for example?), but sheesh! I don't look at these quizzes as strictly a test of my knowledge, but also a test of my abilities. To not even look up the answers when you are already on the internet is just...just...stupid.
No wonder so many people complain about slow networks!
Moderator Posted by NickNielsen
Updated - 29th Oct 2010
