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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






3. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






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






8. 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 ______.






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. ______ 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.






14. The value you configure in the ______ text box determines how long a secondary server waits before retrying a failed zone transfer. Normally - this time is less than the refresh interval. The default value is 10 minutes.






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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:






22. 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.






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






26. 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 ______.






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. 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: _______.






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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