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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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: _______.






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






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






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






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






18. ______ 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.






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






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






21. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






22. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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 _____ 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.






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.