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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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:






26. ______ 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.






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






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






29. 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 ______.






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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: _______.






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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.