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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






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 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






25. 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 ______.






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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:






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