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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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 ______.






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






15. 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: _______.






16. 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 ______.






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. 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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. ______ 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.






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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






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