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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 a particular domain






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






6. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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 ______.






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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:






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






46. ______ 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.






47. 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.






48. 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: _______.






49. 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






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