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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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 ______.






8. 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.






9. 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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






12. 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






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






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






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






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. 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.






18. 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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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:






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






24. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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 ______.






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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: _______.






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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