CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate — Question 70

By default, how does EIGRP determine the metric of a route for the routing table?

Answer options

• A. It uses the bandwidth and delay values of the path to calculate the route metric.
• B. It uses a default metric of 10 for all routes that are learned by the router.
• C. It counts the number of hops between the receiving and destination routers and uses that value as the metric.
• D. It uses a reference bandwidth and the actual bandwidth of the connected link to calculate the route metric.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because EIGRP calculates the metric based on the bandwidth and delay of the path, which reflects the quality of the route. Options B and C are incorrect as they do not represent EIGRP's actual metric calculation method, and option D, while related to bandwidth, does not account for delay, which is also crucial in EIGRP metric calculation.