Critical Thinking Questions Case 6-1
You are the assistant to the manager of the IT department at an auto dealership. The manager asks you to verify some Internet-related information about an auto manufacturer. You decide to use operating system utilities to verify the information.
Which operating system utility should you use to find the numeric IP address of the auto manufacturer's website when you know the domain name?
A) tracert
B) ipconfig /all
C) nslookup
D) spoof

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

nslookup is the best choice to find the numeric IP address of a domain name. It is a tool used to query the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping information. Tracert is used to trace the route that data takes to reach a network destination, ipconfig is used to display IP address configuration and network adapter information, and spoofing is a malicious activity of impersonating or forging an IP address.