What is the general effect of using a higher timing template on a scan?

• A. It increases speed but reduces stealth and may increase detectability.
• B. It slows down the scan but increases stealth.
• C. It guarantees higher accuracy.
• D. It disables traceroute.

Answer: (A)

Timing templates in scans balance speed and stealth. A higher timing template speeds up probes—more packets, shorter waits, and more parallelism—so the entire scan finishes faster. That aggressiveness tends to be noisy for the target’s network, making it more likely to be detected and potentially blocked, which reduces stealth. It doesn’t guarantee higher accuracy; rapid probing can cause missed responses or misleading results when networks rate-limit or drop packets. The traceroute option is separate and isn’t automatically disabled just by using a higher timing template.