200-901 Network Fundamentals Practice Question
A DNS AAAA record is used to resolve a hostname to what type of address?
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IPv6 address
AAAA records map hostnames to IPv6 addresses.
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Mail exchange server
Why it's wrong here
MX records handle mail.
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IPv4 address
Why it's wrong here
A records map to IPv4.
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Canonical name alias
Why it's wrong here
CNAME records provide aliases.
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IPv6 address
Why this is correct
Correct. AAAA stands for quad-A and maps to IPv6.
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