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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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: _______.






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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:






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






50. 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.