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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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 ______.






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. ______ 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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: _______.






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






45. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






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