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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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: _______.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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:






7. 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






8. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






37. 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






38. 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.






39. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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