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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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 ______.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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. 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.






33. 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:






34. 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.






35. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. ______ 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.






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






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






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