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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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






4. 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.






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






11. ______ in DNS refers to the process of using time stamps to track the age of dynamically registered resource records.






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






13. 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






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. 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 ______.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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:






22. 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.






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






24. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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 ______.






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






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






33. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. ______ 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.






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