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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






24. You can perform a delegation only from a ________________.






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






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






28. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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: _______.






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






43. 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.






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






45. To ______ a zone is to create a new zone for a subdomain within a DNS namespace and relinquish authority of that new zone.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. ______ 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.






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