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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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 ______.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






28. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






31. 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.






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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:






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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