Exam 200-301 topic 1 question 944 discussion

1 - longer mask. 2 - lowest AD. 3 - Lowest metric. In the static route the default metric is always 0 (zero), and from what I understand it cannot be changed. That's why, in two static routes to the same subnet destination, the static route is usually chosen among the dynamic protocols, as it always has a metric of 0 (having the adjustment option available for Administrative Distance only, but predominant). Letter A is wrong because the final route decision would be based on the metric that calculates the value up to the network destination (lowest), and not just the cost of the next hop. Also, the expression Cost usually refers to OSPF metric, but even in OSPF the decision of the predominant route is made by the sum of all costs to the final destination, resulting in the value of its metric, the decision is never taken based on the cost of the next hop only. Please correct me if I'm wrong!

What does this question want to ask? Does the person who created this question know what he/she is talking? Why do Cisco use these intellectually disabled people to design their exams? There is already a static host route exactly matching the destination address. It does not need anything else to identify valid routes. The static route matches all the 32 bits of the address. Send your traffic to that route!

C & E are correct

make sense

It´s CE

Cost is accounted in metric. The format is (AD/metric).

Not sure.. If the question is asking which route the router should choose, then it would be by the longest prefix. If the question is asking what values the router base on to put the route into the routing table, then it would be C and E. Option A seems to be a sub-set of option C.

lowest cost and lowest administrative distance is the right answer A&E

The two values that router R1 uses to identify valid routes for the R3 loopback address 1.1.1.3/32 are: A. Lowest cost to reach the next hop: Router R1 will look for the route with the lowest cost to reach the next hop, as determined by the routing protocol being used. This is typically the metric or cost associated with the path to the next hop. E. Lowest administrative distance: If there are multiple routes with the same cost, router R1 will use the administrative distance to determine the best path. The administrative distance is a value assigned to each routing protocol that indicates the reliability of the routing information. A lower administrative distance indicates a more reliable source of routing information. Therefore, options A and E are the correct answers.

shouldn't it be A and E ?

shouldn't it be AE? Please correct me if i am wrong.