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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






18. 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.






19. 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 ______.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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 ______.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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