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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






2. 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.






3. 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 ______.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. 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:






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. 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






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






27. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






35. ______ 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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






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






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






47. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in every domain in an AD forest.






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






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






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