| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 152.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,d,m,f,h,e,i,l,g,k,a,c,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 152.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,f,d,a,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 152.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,u,x,r,y,v,z,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 152.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick