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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






20. ______ 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.






21. 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 ______.






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






23. 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 ______.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.