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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






10. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






11. 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.






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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 ______.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.






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






39. 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: _______.






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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 ______.






46. 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.






47. 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






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






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






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