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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






2. 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 ______.






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






24. 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: _______.






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






26. 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






27. 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 ______.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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