CompTIA Exam N10-009 Topic 3 Question 5 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's N10-009 exam

Question #: 5
Topic #: 3

A company's marketing team created a new application and would like to create a DNS record for newapplication.comptia.org that always resolves to the same address as www.comptia.org. Which of the following records should the administrator use?

ASOA

BMX

CCNAME

DNS

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Suggested Answer: C

A CNAME (Canonical Name) record is used in DNS to alias one domain name to another. This means that newapplication.comptia.org can be made to resolve to the same IP address as www.comptia.org by creating a CNAME record pointing newapplication.comptia.org to www.comptia.org. SOA (Start of Authority) is used for DNS zone information, MX (Mail Exchange) is for mail server records, and NS (Name Server) is for specifying authoritative DNS servers.

The DNS section of the CompTIA Network+ materials describes the use of CNAME records for creating domain aliases.

by Becky at Jul 14, 2024, 05:34 PM

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Boris

10 months ago

I bet the marketing team is just thrilled to be creating a new app. Hopefully they remembered to test it first before pointing a CNAME at it. That could get messy!

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Annmarie

8 months ago

C) CNAME

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Shelton

9 months ago

Definitely, testing is key before making any changes!

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Lavonne

9 months ago

C) CNAME

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Billi

9 months ago

A) SOA

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Yolando

10 months ago

CNAME all the way! Keeps the IT team's workload down and the marketing team from bugging us constantly. Win-win!

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Clement

10 months ago

I agree, CNAME is the best option for this scenario. It's a win-win situation.

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Terrilyn

10 months ago

CNAME is definitely the way to go. Makes things so much easier for everyone.

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Rebecka

10 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think C) CNAME is the right choice because it allows for aliasing one domain to another.

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Dacia

10 months ago

I agree with Veronica, CNAME makes sense for this scenario.

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Veronica

11 months ago

I think the answer is C) CNAME.

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Asha

11 months ago

Definitely going with C. CNAME. Wouldn't want to accidentally point the new app to the wrong place, you know? Gotta keep that marketing team happy!

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Kate

11 months ago

A CNAME record seems like the way to go here. Keeps things simple and consistent for the marketing team.

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Lilli

11 months ago

I think the correct answer is C. CNAME. That way the new application can use the same IP address as www.comptia.org without having to set up a separate A record.

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