CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) — Question 429

An application team is deploying a new application. The application team would like the network team to monitor network performance and create alerts if fluctuations in the round-trip time occur for that traffic. Which of the following should the network team monitor to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Bandwidth
• B. Latency
• C. Loss
• D. Cyclic redundancy check

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Monitoring latency is essential for detecting variations in round-trip time, which directly impacts application performance. While bandwidth is important for overall network capacity, it does not specifically address round-trip time fluctuations. Packet loss is about dropped packets, and cyclic redundancy check is used for error checking, neither of which directly relate to monitoring round-trip time.