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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. ______ 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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 ______.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. 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: _______.






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






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






33. 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.






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. 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:






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






45. 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.






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






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






49. 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






50. 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.