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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






16. 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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. The most common resource records you need to create manually include the following:






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






30. 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






31. 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 ______.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






43. 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.






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






45. You use Group Policy to configure DNS clients to _________________.






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






47. 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.






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






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