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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Together - aging and scavenging provide a mechanism to ______ resource records - which can accumulate in zone data over time. Both aging and scavenging are disabled by default.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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:






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. ______ 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.






28. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. You must be a member of the ______ group to create an application directory partition.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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