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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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 ______.






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






16. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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 ______.






26. 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: _______.






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






36. ______ 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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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:






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.