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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. ______ 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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 ______.






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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:






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






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