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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






11. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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:






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






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. 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.






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.