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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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 ______.






10. 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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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 ______.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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: _______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.