Which prompt indicates user EXEC mode?

Which prompt indicates user EXEC mode?

• A. <
• B. #
• C. %
• D. ~

Answer: (A)

Prompt endings indicate which CLI mode you’re in. In Cisco IOS, the user EXEC mode is shown by a prompt ending with the greater‑than sign. That tells you you’re in the basic, non‑privileged view where you can run common commands like show, ping, and traceroute. When you enter enable, you move to privileged EXEC and the prompt ends with a hash, indicating higher privilege. Other modes have their own indicators (for example, global configuration shows a (config)#). While some devices or contexts may use different symbols such as % or ~, the Cisco convention for user EXEC is the trailing >, so the prompt with > is the one that signals user EXEC.

Prompt endings indicate which CLI mode you’re in. In Cisco IOS, the user EXEC mode is shown by a prompt ending with the greater‑than sign. That tells you you’re in the basic, non‑privileged view where you can run common commands like show, ping, and traceroute. When you enter enable, you move to privileged EXEC and the prompt ends with a hash, indicating higher privilege. Other modes have their own indicators (for example, global configuration shows a (config)#). While some devices or contexts may use different symbols such as % or ~, the Cisco convention for user EXEC is the trailing >, so the prompt with > is the one that signals user EXEC.