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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






3. 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 ______.






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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 ______.






23. ______ 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.






24. 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.






25. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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:






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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: _______.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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