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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






33. 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.






34. 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:






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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 ______.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.






49. 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.






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