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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) · Cisco
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Layer 3 = different network Layer 2: same network
The primary function of a Layer 3 device is to pass traffic between different networks.
You could be wrong answering A thinking about firewalls, but the primary function of layer 3 devices is precisely to forward traffic between networks.