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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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 ______.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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: _______.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. ______ 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.






37. 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






38. 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:






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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