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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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.






35. 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 ______.






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






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