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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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: _______.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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 ______.






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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