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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. 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:






20. 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.






21. 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






22. 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 ______.






23. 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.






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






45. The most common resource records you need to create manually include the following:






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






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






48. 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: _______.






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






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






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