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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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: _______.






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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 ______.






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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 ______.






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