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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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 ______.






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






24. 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.






25. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. 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.






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






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. 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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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