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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






16. 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: _______.






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. 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.






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. ______ 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.






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






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






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






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






27. 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:






28. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






29. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






40. 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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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