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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






3. 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 ______.






4. ______ 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






36. 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 ______.






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






48. 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.






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. 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.