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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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:






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






12. 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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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 ______.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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: _______.






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






41. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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.