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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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: _______.






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






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. 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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. Public key cryptography provides ______ - which means that separate keys are used to encrypt and decrypt data.






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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. You can perform a delegation only from a ________________.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.