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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. ______ 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.






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






15. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






18. 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:






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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






24. TTL values are not relevant for resource records within their authoritative zones. Instead - the TTL refers to ______ in nonauthoritative servers. A DNS server that has cached a resource record from a previous query discards the record when that reco






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






38. 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 ______.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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 ______.






44. 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.






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






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






47. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.