/* */
SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
mcts
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. For a DC to fall within the scope of such a directory partition - you must ______ that DC in the partition.
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
manually enlist
AD Zone Replication Scope page
2. Manually created resource records for all zone types are assigned a time stamp of 0; this value indicates that they ______ be aged.
Secondary
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
will not
3. The Zone Transfers tab also allows you to configure ______ to secondary servers whenever a change occurs at the primary zone.
Transfer From Master
Standard zones
Reload
notification
4. What is the name of the record that contains a hash of the public key in a delegated subdomain?
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
Transfer From Master
A DS record
partition
5. 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.
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
masters
will not
Minimum (Default) TTL
6. 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.
parent zone to a child zone
Reload
decreases
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
7. 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.
Remove stale
ForestDnsZones
Netlogon
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
8. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in every domain in an AD forest.
ForestDnsZones
the cache life of a resource record
NRPT
digitally sign
9. 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.
Group Policy
decreases
Transfer From Master
Minimum (Default) TTL
10. To ______ a zone is to create a new zone for a subdomain within a DNS namespace and relinquish authority of that new zone.
delegate
GlobalNames zone
aging
Remove stale
11. Used to facilitate the resolution of single-label computer names in a large network.
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
trust anchor
%systemroot%System32Dns
GlobalNames zone
12. 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.
partition
time stamp
%systemroot%System32Dns
A DS record
13. 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.
Refresh Interval
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
enable zone transfers
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
14. A ______ is a public key for a remote DNS server that is trusted and able to provide DNSSEC responses.
A DS record
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
trust anchor
15. To configure notifications - click ______ on the Zone Transfers tab when zone transfers are enabled.
Notify
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
Refresh Interval
parent zone to a child zone
16. ______ zones provide a means to offload DNS query traffic in areas of the network where a zone is heavily queried and used.
Expires After
Secondary
manually enlist
Group Policy
17. 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.
trust anchor
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
aging
standard
18. To enable GlobalNames zone support - At an elevated command prompt - type the following: ______.
%systemroot%System32Dns
digitally sign
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
19. ______ resource records are used to specify the location of specific services in a domain.
aging
notification
Service location (SRV)
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
20. 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.
stub
AD Zone Replication Scope page
Netlogon
primary
21. 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.
Retry Interval
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
%systemroot%System32Dns
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
22. ______ 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.
partition
Trust anchors
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
manually enlist
23. Alias resource records are sometimes called canonical names (CNAME). These records allow you to ______ a single host.
stub
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
use more than one name to point to
Name Servers
24. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.
aging
deploying a GlobalNames zone
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
disabled
25. In this way - digital signatures use ______ cryptography to prove that information is unspoofed and unchanged.
Trust anchors
GlobalNames zone
public key
DomainDnsZones
26. You must be a member of the ______ group to create an application directory partition.
aging
Enterprise Admins
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
Secondary
27. To enlist other DNS servers in the partition - type the following command:
Secondary
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
Name Servers
28. 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
the cache life of a resource record
parent and child AD DS domains
partition
Name Servers
29. ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.
use more than one name to point to
digitally sign
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
Scavenging
30. 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
CNAME resource records
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
disabled
server level and at the zone level
31. 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
parent and child AD DS domains
standard
aging
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
32. 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: _______.
dnscmd /ZoneExport <zone name> <zone file name>
digitally sign
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
33. DNSSEC enables a DNS server to ______ the resource records in its zones.
dnscmd /ZoneExport <zone name> <zone file name>
will not
digitally sign
14
34. The GlobalNames zone is compatible only with DNS servers running ______. Therefore - it cannot replicate to servers running earlier versions of Windows Server.
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
35. 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.
notification
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
GlobalNames zone
Refresh Interval
36. DNSSEC in Win Server 2008 R2 allows a ______ to validate DNS data on behalf of its Win 7 clients.
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
DNS server
manually enlist
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
37. The ______ option stores the zone in the user-created application directory partition specified in the associated drop-down list box.
Transfer From Master
public key
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
NRPT
38. What are the server requirements for storing a zone in AD?
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
standard
DomainDnsZones
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
39. 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.
masters
delegate
primary
stub
40. To create a custom application directory partition - type the following command:
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
decreases
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
ForestDnsZones
41. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created: ______
asymmetric encryption
Reload
aging
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
42. To enable aging for a particular zone - you have to enable this feature both at the ______ level.
parent zone to a child zone
server level and at the zone level
Remove stale
%systemroot%System32Dns
43. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.
Scavenging
Refresh Interval
aging
A DS record
44. 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.
NRPT
%systemroot%System32Dns
DomainDnsZones
the cache life of a resource record
45. 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
deploying a GlobalNames zone
manually enlist
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
Secondary
46. 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
Minimum (Default) TTL
digitally sign
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
AD Zone Replication Scope page
47. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.
Name Servers
14
Group Policy
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
48. 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.
Remove stale
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
49. Win 7 clients can be configured to request DNSSEC through the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) in ______.
parent zone to a child zone
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
Group Policy
server level and at the zone level
50. DNS delegations are automatically used to separate ______ in a single forest.
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
Trust anchors
DomainDnsZones
parent and child AD DS domains
//
//