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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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:






8. 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 ______.






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. ______ 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






28. 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






29. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.