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Oct 14, 2026
Professor Messer's N10-009 Network+ Study Group - October 2026
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Instead, you will use the link that you see on your screen, professormester.com slash qa.com. to answer these questions.
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1:57James MesserHOST
And the question I have for you is, an administrator is reviewing a DNS zone file to determine how frequently secondary servers should check for updates to the zone.
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2:08James MesserHOST
Which specific record contains the serial number and retry interval information necessary for this task.
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2:17James MesserHOST
Is it SOA, TXT, ANS, or PTR? The possible answers are SOA, TXT, ANS, and PTR.
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9:35James MesserHOST
45% of you got that one absolutely right.
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9:39James MesserHOST
Well, what is this SOA you speak of? This is the start of authority.
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9:44James MesserHOST
This is usually the first thing in the configuration file for DNS.
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9:47James MesserHOST
DNS is a very complex, very involved set of technologies.
Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-1202 A+ Study Group - October 2026
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15:50James MesserHOST
What command would you use for that? Display the currently authenticated user and domain.
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15:57James MesserHOST
Also want you to display the workstation's complete IP configuration, including DNS servers.
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16:05James MesserHOST
Then we would also like you to determine whether fileserv01.example.com resolves to an IP address.
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16:14James MesserHOST
And lastly, I would like you to obtain the newest domain group policy settings.
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20:48James MesserHOST
Who am I? Whoami is the command you would like to use.
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20:51James MesserHOST
All one word.
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20:52James MesserHOST
The next task on our list is to display the workstation's complete IP configuration, including DNS servers.
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20:59James MesserHOST
This is very commonly one of the first things you do when you sit down and troubleshoot a machine.