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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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 ______.






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






7. 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 ______.






8. 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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






26. 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:






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






28. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






35. ______ 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.