Which option implements a traceroute to target hosts?

• A. -n
• B. -iL
• C. --open
• D. --traceroute

Answer: (D)

The concept being tested is how to request path discovery as part of an Nmap scan. The option that asks Nmap to perform traceroute-like probing for each target is designed for this purpose. When you enable it, Nmap will attempt to reveal the route to the target by sending TTL-limited probes and collecting the intermediate hop information (the hops and their IPs), giving you visibility into the path to the host. This is specifically what traceroute-like functionality does.

The other options don’t perform path discovery. -n disables DNS resolution, affecting only hostnames rather than the route. -iL reads targets from a file, which is about input rather than tracing the path. --open filters results to show only open ports, not the route. So the option that implements traceroute is the one that enables traceroute-like probing.