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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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: _______.






3. 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.






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






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






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. 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 ______.






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.






41. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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. The most common resource records you need to create manually include the following: