Static Route confusion on test question

I was running through a practice test and ran across this question and answer:

What is the administrative distance of the following Static Route:

IP Route 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.0 Serial0/1

1. 170
2. 1
3. 255
4. 110
5. 0

Wrong!

Correct answer(s): 5
Explanation: Static routes using an exit interface have an administrative distance of 0.

I think this answer is WRONG, as I thought that a static route ALWAYS had an AD of one... Can someone please clarify?

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Comments

saspro

It's true for IOS's older than 12.2 but it should be answer 2 (1) for modern IOS versions.

Source:
The Administrative Distance Of A Static Route Pointed To An Interface Is NOT Zero « CCIE Pursuit Blog

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https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/thread/34032

Todd Burrell

Thanks - I thought this had to be wrong. That's all I need is more stuff to confuse me for the CCNA exam.

Roguetadhg

Default Administrative Distances:
0: Connected
1: Static

20: BGP (External Routes)
90: EIGRP (Internal Routes)

100: IGRP
110: OSPF

115: IS-IS
120: RIP

170: EIGRP (External Routes)
200: BGP (Internal Routes)

255: Unusable
Distance Vector | Link State

Source: ICND2 Official Exam Cert Guide