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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 a particular domain






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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. 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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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: _______.






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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