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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created. List them.






2. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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 ______.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






16. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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: _______.






27. Public key cryptography provides ______ - which means that separate keys are used to encrypt and decrypt data.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






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






38. For a DC to fall within the scope of such a directory partition - you must ______ that DC in the partition.






39. 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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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