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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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 ______.






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






6. 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.






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






8. ______ 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.






9. 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.






10. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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 ______.






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






36. 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.






37. 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: _______.






38. 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.






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






40. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.