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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. ______ 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.






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






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






5. 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: _______.






6. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. 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 ______.






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






14. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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 ______.






42. 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.






43. 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:






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.