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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. What is the name of the record that contains a hash of the public key in a delegated subdomain?






2. A ______ is a database containing records that associate names with addresses for a defined portion of a DNS namespace.






3. Used to facilitate the resolution of single-label computer names in a large network.






4. ______ zones provide a means to offload DNS query traffic in areas of the network where a zone is heavily queried and used.






5. The value you configure in the ______ text box determines the length of time that a secondary server - without any contact with its master server - continues to answer queries from DNS clients. After this time elapses - the data is considered unrelia






6. What kind of zones do not automatically perform time stamping on dynamically created resource records?






7. To enlist other DNS servers in the partition - type the following command:






8. When the zone is stored in a file instead of AD - by default the primary zone file is named zone_name.dns - and this file is located in the ______ folder on the server.






9. DNSSEC enables a DNS server to ______ the resource records in its zones.






10. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in every domain in an AD forest.






11. The most common resource records you need to create manually include the following:






12. The first step in preparing a zone for DNSSEC is to back up the current zone data. To back up a zone - type the following command at an elevated command prompt: _______.






13. DNSSEC in Win Server 2008 R2 allows a ______ to validate DNS data on behalf of its Win 7 clients.






14. The GlobalNames zone is compatible only with DNS servers running ______. Therefore - it cannot replicate to servers running earlier versions of Windows Server.






15. Alias resource records are sometimes called canonical names (CNAME). These records allow you to ______ a single host.






16. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






17. This operation performs a zone transfer from the secondary zone's master server regardless of the serial number in the secondary zone's SOA resource record.






18. In this way - digital signatures use ______ cryptography to prove that information is unspoofed and unchanged.






19. The four options presented on the _____________________ are the following: 1. To All DNS Servers In This Forest 2. To All DNS Servers In This Domain 3. To All DCs In This Domain 4. To All DCs Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition






20. What does the 10 refer to in the following example: _ldap._tcp SRV 0 0 389 dc1.lucernepublishing.com.SRV 10 0 389 dc2.lucernepublishing.com.






21. To configure notifications - click ______ on the Zone Transfers tab when zone transfers are enabled.






22. To create a custom application directory partition - type the following command:






23. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






24. A ______ is a public key for a remote DNS server that is trusted and able to provide DNSSEC responses.






25. By right-clicking a secondary zone in the DNS Manager console tree - you can use the shortcut menu to perform the following secondary zone update operations:






26. The ______ allows you to specify the DNS query suffixes - prefixes - FQDNs - or reverse lookup subnets for which a Win 7 or Win Server 2008 R2 client will request DNSSEC.






27. To ______ a zone is to create a new zone for a subdomain within a DNS namespace and relinquish authority of that new zone.






28. The ___________________ dialog box enables you to modify two key settings related to aging and scavenging: 1. the no-refresh interval 2. and the refresh interval






29. ______ in DNS refers to the process of using time stamps to track the age of dynamically registered resource records.






30. When scavenging is not enabled - you can perform manual scavenging in zones by right-clicking the server icon in the DNS Manager console tree and then choosing ______.






31. If either of the default application directory partitions is deleted or damaged - you can re-create them in DNS Manager by right-clicking the server node and choosing ______.






32. By default - DCs include two application directory partitions reserved for DNS data: ______.






33. The value you configure in the ______ text box determines how long a secondary server waits before retrying a failed zone transfer. Normally - this time is less than the refresh interval. The default value is 10 minutes.






34. The ______ service uses SRV records to locate DCs in a domain by searching the domain for the LDAP service.






35. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in a particular domain






36. ______ are public keys from other zones that are used to validate digitally signed records originating from those zones and from delegated subdomains that are also DNSSEC-compatible.






37. TTL values are not relevant for resource records within their authoritative zones. Instead - the TTL refers to ______ in nonauthoritative servers. A DNS server that has cached a resource record from a previous query discards the record when that reco






38. A ______ zone is similar to a secondary zone - but it contains only those resource records necessary to identify the authoritative DNS servers for the master zone.






39. The refresh interval is the time after the no-refresh interval during which time stamp refreshes are ______ and resource records are not scavenged. The default refresh interval is 7 days.






40. The no-refresh interval is the period after a time stamp during which a zone or server rejects a ______ refresh. The default no-refresh interval is 7 days.






41. A secondary zone will not be recognized as a valid name server until it contains a valid copy of zone data. For the secondary zone to obtain this data - you must first ______ to that server.






42. Also recommended for use in the following scenarios: When a host specified in an A resource record in the same zone needs to be renamed - When a generic name for a well-known server such as www needs to resolve to a group of individual computers tha






43. By default - zone transfers are ______ from any zone.






44. You can perform a delegation only from a ________________.






45. A ______ is a data structure in AD that distinguishes data for different replication purposes.






46. The value you configure in the ______ text box determines the default Time to Live (TTL) that is applied to all resource records in the zone. The default value is one hour.






47. The _____ option stores the zone in the domain partition. Every DC in the local domain will receive a copy of the zone - regardless of whether the DNS Server role is installed on that DC.






48. You must be a member of the ______ group to create an application directory partition.






49. What are the server requirements for storing a zone in AD?






50. To enable aging for a particular zone - you have to enable this feature both at the ______ level.