Refer to the Exhibit

question 55

Multiple Choice

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer configures a static route on a router, but when the engineer checks the route to the destination, a different next hop is chosen. What is the reason for this?

• A) Dynamic routing protocols always have priority over static routes.
• B) The metric of the OSPF route is lower than the metric of the static route.
• C) The configured AD for the static route is higher than the AD of OSPF.
• D) The syntax of the static route is not valid, so the route is not considered.

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