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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






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






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






5. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






6. 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:






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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: _______.






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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 ______.






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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






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