| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 14.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,b,a,f,d,m,j,c,h,k,e,i,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 14.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,f,b,a,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 14.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (x,v,w,u,r,y,t,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 14.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns1,ns3).google.com. |
We pick