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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






4. 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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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:






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. ______ 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.






13. 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 ______.






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. 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: _______.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.