What is the benefit of configuring an exception rule for an application in Windows Firewall?

What is the benefit of configuring an exception rule for an application in Windows Firewall?

what is the answer?

$1.$Improved network performance for the application.

$2.$Increased security by only allowing specific traffic for the application.

$3.$Automatically updating the firewall rules based on the application's requirements.

$4.$All of the above.