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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






5. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






6. 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.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. ______ 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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 ______.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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: _______.






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






47. 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:






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






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






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