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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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






2. 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 ______.






3. ______ 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. 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 ______.






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. 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: _______.






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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: