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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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 ______.






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






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






7. 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.






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. 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. 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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






17. 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: _______.






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






19. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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. 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






26. 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:






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






31. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. ______ 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.






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.