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Consul 1.15 Service Discovery Practice Question

Which TWO of the following are standard DNS records returned by Consul for service discovery?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

SRV

Consul uses SRV and A records for service resolution.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • NS

    Why it's wrong here

    Name Server record.

  • SRV

    Why this is correct

    Provides service port and target.

  • A

    Why this is correct

    Provides service IP address.

  • SOA

    Why it's wrong here

    Start of Authority record.

  • PTR

    Why it's wrong here

    Used for reverse lookups.

Visual reference

Client Recursive Resolver Root DNS (13 root servers) TLD DNS (.com, .org, …) Authoritative example.com query IP addr answer

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