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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. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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 ______.






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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: _______.






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






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






42. 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.






43. ______ 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.