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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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: _______.






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. ______ 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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:






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Together - aging and scavenging provide a mechanism to ______ resource records - which can accumulate in zone data over time. Both aging and scavenging are disabled by default.






50. 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