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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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 ______.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. The refresh interval is the time after the no-refresh interval during which time stamp refreshes are ______ and resource records are not scavenged. The default refresh interval is 7 days.






19. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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






42. 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: _______.






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






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






45. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






46. 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






47. ______ 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.






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






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






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