Cisco CCNA 200-301 Practice Question

The 'Gateway of last resort' is a default route that a router uses to forward packets destined for networks not found in its routing table. This means it handles packets destined for networks without specific routes listed. Therefore, the option stating "It forwards packets to networks without specific routes in the routing table" is correct. The option "It specifies how to route packets to destinations present in the routing table" is incorrect because destinations present in the routing table are matched directly by their specific routes. The option "It directs traffic to connected networks' default gateways" is incorrect because the Gateway of last resort is not about default gateways of directly connected networks; it is used when there is no matching route for a destination. The option "It provides a default route for handling multicast traffic" is incorrect because multicast routing requires specific configurations and protocols, and does not rely on the Gateway of last resort.