Why Is the Telnet Utility a Poor Choice for Remote

question 31

Multiple Choice

Why is the telnet utility a poor choice for remote access to a device?

• A) It provides no mechanism for authentication.
• B) It does not allow for control of a computer remotely.
• C) It cannot be used over a public WAN connection.
• D) It provides poor authentication and no encryption.

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Definitions:

Location

A specific position or point in physical or virtual space.

Z-statistic

A type of standard score that indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean, used in significance testing.

Significance Level

A threshold for determining whether a p-value indicates a statistically significant result, usually set at 0.05 (5%).

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, making them suitable for analyzing ordinal data or when the assumptions for parametric tests are not met.