Which one of the following best describes how a switch processes the traffic, if the switch does not have the MAC address of an endpoint in the MAC address table, and it receives a frame that is destined for that device?

Which one of the following best describes how a switch processes the traffic, if the switch does not have the MAC address of an endpoint in the MAC address table, and it receives a frame that is destined for that device?
A . It will flood the frame out all ports, except the one that it arrived on within the VLA
C . It will forward the frame back out the interface that it came in through.
D . It will drop the frame, because it does not know where to forward it.
E . It will be sent to all multicast listeners, hoping to find its destination host

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Answer: A