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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






17. ______ 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.






18. 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 ______.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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:






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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







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