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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. During this operation - the server hosting the local secondary zone determines whether the serial number in the secondary zone's SOA resource record has expired and then pulls a zone transfer from the master server.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. Manually created resource records for all zone types are assigned a time stamp of 0; this value indicates that they ______ be aged.






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






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






10. Any of three events can ________________: When the refresh interval of the primary zone's SOA resource record expires - When a server hosting a secondary zone boots up - When a change occurs in the configuration of the primary zone and this primary






11. To enable GlobalNames zone support - At an elevated command prompt - type the following: ______.






12. To add an NS record - double-click any existing NS record in DNS Manager and add the server data to the ______ tab.






13. For a delegation to be implemented - the parent zone must contain a _____ and an _____ (called a glue record) pointing to each authoritative server of the delegated domain.






14. 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 ______.






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. When you do not store a zone in AD - the zone is called a ______ zone - and zone data is stored in text files on the DNS server.






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






22. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.






23. The Zone Transfers tab also allows you to configure ______ to secondary servers whenever a change occurs at the primary zone.






24. Active Directory-integrated zones perform time stamping for dynamically registered records by default - even before aging and scavenging are enabled. However - primary standard zones place time stamps on dynamically registered records in the zone onl






25. ______ resource records are used to specify the location of specific services in a domain.






26. 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.






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. Win 7 clients can be configured to request DNSSEC through the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) in ______.






29. 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






30. A ______ zone provides original read-write source data that allows the local DNS server to answer DNS queries authoritatively about a portion of a DNS namespace.






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






32. DNS delegations are automatically used to separate ______ in a single forest.






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. The ______ option stores the new zone in the ForestDnsZones partition. Every DC in the entire forest and on which the DNS Server role is installed will receive a copy of the zone.






37. 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.






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






39. This operation reloads the secondary zone from the local storage.






40. 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.






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






42. The ______ option stores the zone in the user-created application directory partition specified in the associated drop-down list box.






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






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






45. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






46. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






48. 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.






49. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created: ______






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