Which of the following describes the amount of time it takes for a packet to transmit from one switch to another?

Hop count measures the number of routers or Layer 3 devices a packet passes through on its path to the destination, not the elapsed time.

Latency quantifies the delay experienced as a packet traverses a network path, including propagation delay, processing delay, and queuing delay on intermediate devices such as switches. It is typically measured in milliseconds and directly impacts the responsiveness of networked applications. High latency indicates slow packet delivery, while low latency indicates fast delivery.

MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) defines the largest packet size that can be transmitted on a network segment without fragmentation, not transmission time.

Distance vector refers to a category of routing protocol (such as RIP) that determines routes based on distance metrics, not the time for a packet to traverse a link.