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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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 ______.






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






28. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






32. 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:






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






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