Shiela is an information security analyst working at HiTech Security Solutions. She is performing service version discovery using Nmap to obtain information about the running services and their…

The `-SN` option (or `-sn`) performs a ping scan, which disables port scanning and only checks if hosts are online, not their services or versions.

The `-SX` option does not exist as a standard Nmap command for service version discovery.

The Nmap option `-sV` is specifically used for service version detection, instructing Nmap to probe open ports to determine the exact service name and version number running on the target system. This helps identify potential vulnerabilities associated with specific software versions.

The `-SF` option does not exist as a standard Nmap command for service version discovery.