Question

A host is rebooted and you view the IP address that it was assigned. The address is 169.254.141.45. Which of the following happened? (Please select one of the four options)

The host received an APIPA address

The host received a public address

The host receive a multicast address

The host received a private address

Answer 1

Answer: The host received an APIPA address

Step-by-step explanation:

The IP address 169.254.141.45 is within the range of IP address between 169.254.0.0 and 169.254.255.255, which are reserved by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) for those IP addresses denoted as APIPA addresses, where APIPA stands for Automatic Private IP Address.

This means that any IP Address in this range , will be not be in conflict with routable IP addresses.