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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. 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: _______.






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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






36. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






37. 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:






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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 ______.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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






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