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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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 ______.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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 ______.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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: _______.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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:






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






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






50. 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