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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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






3. 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:






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. ______ 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.






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






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






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






32. 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 ______.






33. 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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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 ______.






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






43. 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: _______.






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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