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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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: _______.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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 ______.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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:






25. 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.






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






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






28. ______ 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.






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






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






31. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. DNSSEC enables a DNS server to ______ the resource records in its zones.






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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