| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 244.136.6.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,i,m,f,a,g,c,h,l,d,j,e,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 244.136.6.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,b,c,f,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 244.136.6.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,u,r,w,v,x,t,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 244.136.6.74.in-addr.arpa. | 6.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns5,ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).yahoo.com. |
We pick