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Test your basic knowledge |

MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






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






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. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. 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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






26. 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






27. 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: _______.






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






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






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






31. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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:






49. 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






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






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