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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. 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.






3. 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 ______.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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 ______.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






25. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






33. ______ 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.






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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: _______.






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






48. 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.






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






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