Practice How Network Performance Is Measured (conceptual Approaches) (3.3) - Introduction to the Internet
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How Network Performance is Measured (Conceptual Approaches)

Practice - How Network Performance is Measured (Conceptual Approaches)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does Ping measure?

💡 Hint: Think about how you check if someone is home.

Question 2 Easy

What does Traceroute help us visualize?

💡 Hint: Consider it like a travel log for packets.

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Question 1

What does Ping primarily measure?

Latency and Bandwidth
Round-trip delay and Packet loss
Data transfer rate

💡 Hint: Think about what it checks first before counting the time.

Question 2

True or False: Traceroute only provides the final destination but not the route taken.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the detailed path a packet takes.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

You conducted a Ping test to a website and received an RTT of 200ms and a packet loss of 10%. Determine how this might affect web browsing experience.

💡 Hint: Consider how delays impact real-time applications like video calls.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a path traced by Traceroute, how would you determine which hop might be causing significant delays? Use hypothetical RTT values for illustration.

💡 Hint: Look for outlier delays in the hop list.

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