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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






12. 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






13. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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:






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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: _______.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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. 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 ______.






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






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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