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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What kind of zones do not automatically perform time stamping on dynamically created resource records?
Refresh Interval
Standard zones
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
accepted
2. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created. List them.
partition
public key
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
%systemroot%System32Dns
3. 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.
Retry Interval
primary
Name Servers
%systemroot%System32Dns
4. This operation reloads the secondary zone from the local storage.
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
Reload
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
5. The most common resource records you need to create manually include the following:
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
ForestDnsZones
NRPT
delegate
6. 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
partition
AD Zone Replication Scope page
will not
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
7. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in every domain in an AD forest.
Notify
AD Zone Replication Scope page
ForestDnsZones
enable zone transfers
8. Win 7 clients can be configured to request DNSSEC through the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) in ______.
Aging
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
Group Policy
Enterprise Admins
9. 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
Expires After
enable zone transfers
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
CNAME resource records
10. 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.
decreases
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
enable zone transfers
11. 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.
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
time stamp
ForestDnsZones
12. In this way - digital signatures use ______ cryptography to prove that information is unspoofed and unchanged.
standard
parent zone to a child zone
public key
aging
13. 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.
DNS zone
NS record and an associated A record
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
delegate
14. To enable aging for a particular zone - you have to enable this feature both at the ______ level.
server level and at the zone level
public key
parent zone to a child zone
Enterprise Admins
15. You must be a member of the ______ group to create an application directory partition.
Minimum (Default) TTL
DomainDnsZones
Enterprise Admins
deploying a GlobalNames zone
16. The ______ option stores the zone in the user-created application directory partition specified in the associated drop-down list box.
manually enlist
GlobalNames zone
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
17. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.
primary
14
parent and child AD DS domains
ForestDnsZones
18. To enable GlobalNames zone support - At an elevated command prompt - type the following: ______.
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
masters
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
19. 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.
Trust anchors
enable zone transfers
primary
notification
20. Alias resource records are sometimes called canonical names (CNAME). These records allow you to ______ a single host.
use more than one name to point to
stub
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
AD Zone Replication Scope page
21. 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.
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
parent and child AD DS domains
Transfer From Master
NRPT
22. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
Transfer From Master
aging
deploying a GlobalNames zone
23. A ______ is a data structure in AD that distinguishes data for different replication purposes.
partition
Retry Interval
Enterprise Admins
public key
24. 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.
use more than one name to point to
masters
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
Aging
25. What is the name of the record that contains a hash of the public key in a delegated subdomain?
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
A DS record
Secondary
14
26. 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.
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones
Minimum (Default) TTL
standard
server level and at the zone level
27. A ______ is a public key for a remote DNS server that is trusted and able to provide DNSSEC responses.
GlobalNames zone
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
%systemroot%System32Dns
trust anchor
28. DNSSEC enables a DNS server to ______ the resource records in its zones.
asymmetric encryption
CNAME resource records
digitally sign
DNS server
29. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.
DNS server
digitally sign
Secondary
aging
30. A ______ is a database containing records that associate names with addresses for a defined portion of a DNS namespace.
the cache life of a resource record
DNS zone
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
31. To enlist other DNS servers in the partition - type the following command:
parent zone to a child zone
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
32. You use Group Policy to configure DNS clients to _________________.
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
DNS zone
dnscmd /ZoneExport <zone name> <zone file name>
33. For a DC to fall within the scope of such a directory partition - you must ______ that DC in the partition.
partition
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
manually enlist
34. 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 ______.
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
A DS record
digitally sign
35. Used to facilitate the resolution of single-label computer names in a large network.
GlobalNames zone
Transfer From Master
NRPT
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
36. 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.
enable zone transfers
Transfer From Master
partition
To All DNS Servers In This Domain
37. 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.
DomainDnsZones
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
NRPT
deploying a GlobalNames zone
38. ______ resource records are used to specify the location of specific services in a domain.
Retry Interval
Service location (SRV)
Notify
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
39. 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
standard
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
aging
Transfer From Master
40. The GlobalNames zone is compatible only with DNS servers running ______. Therefore - it cannot replicate to servers running earlier versions of Windows Server.
Standard zones
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
partition
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
41. To configure notifications - click ______ on the Zone Transfers tab when zone transfers are enabled.
Standard zones
Notify
Transfer From Master
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
42. 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
DomainDnsZones
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
CNAME resource records
delegate
43. 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.
Transfer From Master
Remove stale
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
DNS server
44. 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 ______.
Scavenging
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
Scavenge Stale Resource Records
trust anchor
45. Manually created resource records for all zone types are assigned a time stamp of 0; this value indicates that they ______ be aged.
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
DNS server
public key
will not
46. Public key cryptography provides ______ - which means that separate keys are used to encrypt and decrypt data.
14
asymmetric encryption
decreases
use more than one name to point to
47. ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.
use more than one name to point to
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
enable zone transfers
Scavenging
48. You can perform a delegation only from a ________________.
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
the cache life of a resource record
parent zone to a child zone
Reload
49. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created: ______
trust anchor
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
Transfer From Master
parent and child AD DS domains
50. 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
disabled
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
trigger zone transfers on secondary zones