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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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






2. 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 ______.






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






4. 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






5. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. DNS delegations are automatically used to separate ______ in a single forest.






14. 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






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






35. 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 ______.






36. 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:






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






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






39. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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