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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. 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.






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






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






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






6. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






10. 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 ______.






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. ______ 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. During this operation - the server hosting the local secondary zone determines whether the serial number in the secondary zone's SOA resource record has expired and then pulls a zone transfer from the master server.






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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: