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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






7. 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: _______.






8. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






9. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. To enable GlobalNames zone support - At an elevated command prompt - type the following: ______.






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. 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






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. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. ______ 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.






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






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






33. 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 ______.






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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 ______.






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






48. 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






49. 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:






50. 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.