VRRP stands for which protocol?

• A. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
• B. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocols
• C. Virtual Router Reduction Protocol
• D. Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is understanding what the acronym VRRP stands for and why this protocol exists. VRRP is a redundancy protocol that creates a virtual router by assigning a shared IP address to a group of routers on a subnet. One router acts as the master and handles traffic for that virtual router, while the others stay as backups. If the master fails, a backup takes over, keeping the default gateway reachable for hosts without needing any changes on them. That behavior is exactly what the name describes: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol. The other options don’t fit because they either use the wrong word form (Routing vs Router), imply multiple protocols (Protocols), or introduce a different word (Reduction) that isn’t part of the official name.