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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






3. 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 ______.






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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 ______.






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






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






44. ______ 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






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