Which of the following commands will accomplish this task?

A systems administrator wants to test the route between IP address 10.0.2.15 and IP address 192.168.1.40.

Which of the following commands will accomplish this task?
A . route -e get to 192.168.1.40 from 10.0.2.15
B . ip route get 192.163.1.40 from 10.0.2.15
C . ip route 192.169.1.40 to 10.0.2.15
D . route -n 192.168.1.40 from 10.0.2.15

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Answer: B

Explanation:

The command ip route get 192.168.1.40 from 10.0.2.15 will test the route between the IP address 10.0.2.15 and the IP address 192.168.1.40. The ip route get command shows the routing decision for a given destination and source address. This is the correct command to accomplish the task. The other options are incorrect because they either use the wrong commands (route instead of ip route), the wrong options (-e or -n instead of get), or the wrong syntax (to instead of from).

Reference: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 12: Managing Network Connections, page 379.