An Engineer Configured Policy-Based Routing for a Destination IP Address

An engineer configured policy-based routing for a destination IP address that does not exist in the routing table. How is the packet treated through the policy for configuring the set ip default next-hop command?

A) Packets are not forwarded to the specific next hop.
B) Packets are forwarded based on the routing table.
C) Packets are forwarded based on a static route.
D) Packets are forwarded to the specific next hop.