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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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:






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






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






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






18. 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: _______.






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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 ______.






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






48. 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.






49. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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