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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. ______ 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






36. 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 ______.






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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: _______.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.