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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






6. ______ 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.






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






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






9. You use Group Policy to configure DNS clients to _________________.






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Together - aging and scavenging provide a mechanism to ______ resource records - which can accumulate in zone data over time. Both aging and scavenging are disabled by default.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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 ______.






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






31. The value you configure in the ______ text box determines how long a secondary DNS server waits before querying the master server for a zone renewal. The default value for this setting is 15 minutes.






32. The ______ option stores the new zone in the Domain-DnsZones partition. Every DC in the local domain and on which the DNS Server role is installed will receive a copy of the zone.






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






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






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






36. The source zones from which secondary zones acquire their info are called ______ - and the data copy procedures through which this info is regularly updated are called zone transfers.






37. 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:






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.