Which combination is commonly used to enable traceroute alongside broader discovery features?

• A. -A with --traceroute
• B. -sV with --traceroute
• C. -D with --traceroute
• D. -Pn with --traceroute

Answer: (A)

Leveraging a broad discovery mode is the concept here. The -A option in Nmap enables OS detection, version detection, script scanning, and traceroute all at once. By pairing that with --traceroute, you explicitly request traceroute data while also running the full set of discovery probes. This combination gives you a comprehensive fingerprint of the target plus the network path information, which is why it’s commonly used.

Other options like -sV with --traceroute would provide version detection and traceroute but miss OS detection and script results, so they don’t deliver the same breadth. The -Pn and -D choices affect host discovery or add decoys and aren’t focused on enhancing traceroute alongside broad discovery.