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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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 ______.






3. 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.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. ______ 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.






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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:






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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