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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ zones provide a means to offload DNS query traffic in areas of the network where a zone is heavily queried and used.
AD Zone Replication Scope page
ForestDnsZones
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
Secondary
2. A ______ is a database containing records that associate names with addresses for a defined portion of a DNS namespace.
Netlogon
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
DNS zone
Retry Interval
3. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.
CNAME resource records
Secondary
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
deploying a GlobalNames zone
4. 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 ______.
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
Secondary
decreases
5. What are the server requirements for storing a zone in AD?
NRPT
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
stub
6. To configure notifications - click ______ on the Zone Transfers tab when zone transfers are enabled.
will not
Notify
AD Zone Replication Scope page
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
7. ______ 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.
digitally sign
time stamp
stub
Trust anchors
8. DNSSEC in Win Server 2008 R2 allows a ______ to validate DNS data on behalf of its Win 7 clients.
Reload
accepted
DNS server
14
9. 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.
Notify
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
Retry Interval
10. DNS delegations are automatically used to separate ______ in a single forest.
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
stub
parent and child AD DS domains
11. 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
Expires After
Trust anchors
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
standard
12. In this way - digital signatures use ______ cryptography to prove that information is unspoofed and unchanged.
Refresh Interval
Scavenging
public key
Reload - Transfer From Master - Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
13. 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
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
A DS record
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
aging
14. 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.
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
AD Zone Replication Scope page
Minimum (Default) TTL
15. A ______ is a data structure in AD that distinguishes data for different replication purposes.
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
partition
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
Remove stale
16. What kind of zones do not automatically perform time stamping on dynamically created resource records?
GlobalNames zone
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
Standard zones
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
17. 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.
aging
public key
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
18. Public key cryptography provides ______ - which means that separate keys are used to encrypt and decrypt data.
enable zone transfers
the cache life of a resource record
asymmetric encryption
partition
19. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in a particular domain
Group Policy
NS record and an associated A record
DomainDnsZones
standard
20. 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.
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
parent and child AD DS domains
aging
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
21. What is the name of the record that contains a hash of the public key in a delegated subdomain?
Notify
partition
A DS record
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
22. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created: ______
digitally sign
NS record and an associated A record
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
23. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.
AD Zone Replication Scope page
decreases
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
24. 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.
partition
Trust anchors
primary
Enterprise Admins
25. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in every domain in an AD forest.
public key
ForestDnsZones
Enterprise Admins
dnscmd /ZoneExport <zone name> <zone file name>
26. To add an NS record - double-click any existing NS record in DNS Manager and add the server data to the ______ tab.
Name Servers
Group Policy
asymmetric encryption
accepted
27. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created. List them.
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
DomainDnsZones
28. 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.
stub
NRPT
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
disabled
29. 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.
NRPT
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
%systemroot%System32Dns
partition
30. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.
masters
aging
Standard zones
DNS zone
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.
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
delegate
GlobalNames zone
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
32. 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.
digitally sign
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
Remove stale
33. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.
Group Policy
A DS record
14
primary
34. Used to facilitate the resolution of single-label computer names in a large network.
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
CNAME resource records
GlobalNames zone
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
35. 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.
Refresh Interval
aging
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
manually enlist
36. 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
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
Retry Interval
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
decreases
37. 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.
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
accepted
deploying a GlobalNames zone
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
38. To enlist other DNS servers in the partition - type the following command:
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
primary
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
39. 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.
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
NRPT
Enterprise Admins
40. Manually created resource records for all zone types are assigned a time stamp of 0; this value indicates that they ______ be aged.
stub
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
will not
Transfer From Master
41. 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 ______.
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
Retry Interval
decreases
DNS zone
42. Alias resource records are sometimes called canonical names (CNAME). These records allow you to ______ a single host.
Group Policy
aging
use more than one name to point to
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
43. To create a custom application directory partition - type the following command:
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
time stamp
Name Servers
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
44. The GlobalNames zone is compatible only with DNS servers running ______. Therefore - it cannot replicate to servers running earlier versions of Windows Server.
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
CNAME resource records
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Retry Interval
45. 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
aging
Refresh Interval
Notify
the cache life of a resource record
46. The ______ service uses SRV records to locate DCs in a domain by searching the domain for the LDAP service.
Reload - Transfer From Master - Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
masters
Netlogon
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
47. 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.
accepted
Netlogon
DNS zone
Transfer From Master
48. To ______ a zone is to create a new zone for a subdomain within a DNS namespace and relinquish authority of that new zone.
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
digitally sign
Retry Interval
delegate
49. For a DC to fall within the scope of such a directory partition - you must ______ that DC in the partition.
Retry Interval
NS record and an associated A record
time stamp
manually enlist
50. You must be a member of the ______ group to create an application directory partition.
masters
accepted
Remove stale
Enterprise Admins