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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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:






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






15. 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.






16. ______ 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.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






24. 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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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 ______.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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 ______.






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






49. 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.






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