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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. ______ 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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:






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






14. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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: _______.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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 ______.






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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