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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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 ______.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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. You can perform a delegation only from a ________________.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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 ______.






36. ______ 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.






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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: _______.






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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.