When the subnet mask 255.255.252.0 is applied to the IP address 192.168.151.45,the result is _____.
A)255.255.255.0
B)192.168.151.145
C)192.168.148.0
D)192.168.150.0

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The subnet mask 255.255.252.0 (or /22 in CIDR notation) allows for a total of 1024 IP addresses within the same network. When applied to the IP address 192.168.151.45, it means that the first 22 bits of the address are used for network identification, and the remaining 10 bits are used for host identification.

So, the network address would be obtained by setting all the host bits to 0, which gives:

192.168.148.0

And the broadcast address would be obtained by setting all the host bits to 1, which gives:

192.168.151.255

Since the given IP address (192.168.151.45) is within this range, it belongs to the network with address 192.168.148.0.

Therefore, the correct answer is C (192.168.148.0). The other choices are incorrect because they either represent a different subnet or a different host address within the same subnet.

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