Refer to the Exhibit. 
The four routers in the exhibit are participating in a multi-area OSPF topology. Node B (in the
upper right-hand corner) is an ASBR advertising an external route. Node A (lower left-hand corner)
receives the external route and begins to forward traffic to the ASBR.
How many hops will the packets take through this topology? (Do not count node A.)
A.
2
B.
3
C.
4
D.
5
Explanation: