Free LPI 010-160 Actual Exam Questions - Question 6 Discussion

Question No. 6
Reverse DNS assigns hostnames to IP addresses. How is the name of the IP address 198.51.100.165
stored
on a DNS server?
Select one option, then reveal solution.
US
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Daniel V.
2026-02-21

B/D? The record type should be PTR, so D is tempting since it’s correct on that. But the domain should be in-addr.arpa, not .rev. B’s reversed IP looks right except for the typo. So it’s about which error is less bad.

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Sam O.
2026-02-17

B/D? The record type for reverse DNS is definitely PTR, so B or D seems right. But B has that weird “arpA” typo, which should be “arpa.” D uses “.rev” instead of “.arpa,” which doesn’t look standard either. Since the question might want the closest proper syntax, I’d say B is better despite the typo, because the reversed IP and in-addr.arpa format is the usual way it’s stored. The key is the PTR record and proper reversed IP under in-addr.arpa domain, so B fits best if we overlook the typo.

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Zain G.
2026-02-15

Yeah, PTR records are the standard for reverse DNS, so gotta go with B.

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Zain G.
2026-01-28

Maybe B, since PTR records are definitely used for reverse DNS, and the IP reversed in the domain looks right. The capitalization in “arpA” seems like a typo, but the structure fits best here.

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Zain J.
2026-01-23

B imo, PTR records are definitely the standard for reverse DNS. The reversed IP format is correct even if the exact suffix is a bit off in the option wording.

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Naveed R.
2026-01-19

It’s D because the reverse DNS zone always ends with .in-addr.arpa, not .arpA like in B. The IP is reversed and appended with .in-addr.arpa, so the format in D fits best.

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Naveed R.
2026-01-18

B tbh, PTR records are used for reverse DNS lookups, so option B makes the most sense here.

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