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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






28. 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:






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






48. ______ 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.






49. 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 ______.






50. 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.