CompTIA N10-009 Exam - 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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Mozell

7 months ago

I thought NS records were for delegating, not aliasing!

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Antonette

8 months ago

SOA is not the right choice here, just saying.

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Justine

8 months ago

Wait, can you really use CNAME for that?

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Corrina

8 months ago

Definitely agree, CNAME makes it easy to point to www.

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Kathrine

8 months ago

CNAME is the way to go!

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Catarina

9 months ago

I feel like MX records are related to email, so they probably wouldn't work for this DNS resolution task.

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Erick

9 months ago

I practiced a similar question where we had to point a subdomain to a main domain, and I think it was also a CNAME.

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Reta

9 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about SOA records being more about zone information than actual address resolution.

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Susana

9 months ago

I think the CNAME record is the right choice here since it allows one domain to point to another.

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Yolando

9 months ago

I'm still not 100% sure, but I think a CNAME record is the best option based on the information provided. I'll double-check my understanding before submitting the answer.

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Carrol

9 months ago

Okay, I've got it! A CNAME record is the way to go. It allows us to create an alias that points to the same IP address as the main website.

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Catina

9 months ago

The question is asking about a DNS record, so I'm pretty sure the answer is either CNAME or NS. I'll have to think this through carefully.

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Anissa

9 months ago

I think this is a CNAME record since we want to create an alias for the new application to point to the same address as www.comptia.org.

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Ty

9 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't an MX record be used for email-related services? I'm not sure if that's the right choice here.

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Dean

9 months ago

I'm a bit confused on the "individual workflows per issue type" part. How exactly would that help meet additional requirements? I'll need to re-read the question carefully.

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Boris

2 years 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

2 years ago

C) CNAME

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Shelton

2 years ago

Definitely, testing is key before making any changes!

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Lavonne

2 years ago

C) CNAME

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Billi

2 years ago

A) SOA

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Yolando

2 years 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

2 years ago

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

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Terrilyn

2 years ago

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

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Rebecka

2 years 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

2 years ago

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

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Veronica

2 years ago

I think the answer is C) CNAME.

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Asha

2 years 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

2 years 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

2 years 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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