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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Zone Transfers tab also allows you to configure ______ to secondary servers whenever a change occurs at the primary zone.
aging
partition
Transfer From Master
notification
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.
DomainDnsZones
parent and child AD DS domains
Retry Interval
NRPT
3. The most common resource records you need to create manually include the following:
Retry Interval
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
primary
aging
4. The GlobalNames zone is compatible only with DNS servers running ______. Therefore - it cannot replicate to servers running earlier versions of Windows Server.
Netlogon
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
5. To create a custom application directory partition - type the following command:
dnscmd servername /createdirectorypartition FQDN
DomainDnsZones
Name Servers
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
6. 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
To All Domain Controllers Specified In The Scope Of This Directory Partition
Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Expires After
aging
7. Used to facilitate the resolution of single-label computer names in a large network.
server level and at the zone level
standard
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
GlobalNames zone
8. A ______ is a data structure in AD that distinguishes data for different replication purposes.
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
partition
Enterprise Admins
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
9. DNS delegations are automatically used to separate ______ in a single forest.
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
parent and child AD DS domains
Group Policy
Service location (SRV)
10. ______ zones provide a means to offload DNS query traffic in areas of the network where a zone is heavily queried and used.
NS record and an associated A record
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
decreases
Secondary
11. To add an NS record - double-click any existing NS record in DNS Manager and add the server data to the ______ tab.
parent and child AD DS domains
Name Servers
Group Policy
standard
12. 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.
parent and child AD DS domains
Retry Interval
Expires After
Remove stale
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.
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
standard
Remove stale
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
14. 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.
asymmetric encryption
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
Minimum (Default) TTL
Transfer From Master
15. 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.
primary
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
aging
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
16. 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.
deploying a GlobalNames zone
asymmetric encryption
NS record and an associated A record
standard
17. 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
Notify
NRPT
the cache life of a resource record
A DS record
18. What kind of zones do not automatically perform time stamping on dynamically created resource records?
Netlogon
Notify
Standard zones
Transfer From Master
19. You use Group Policy to configure DNS clients to _________________.
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
Group Policy
20. What are the server requirements for storing a zone in AD?
NS record and an associated A record
GlobalNames zone
The DNS server needs to be a domain controller.
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
21. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in a particular domain
manually enlist
DomainDnsZones
dnscmd . /config /enableglobalnamessupport 1
stub
22. 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.
Name Servers
server level and at the zone level
time stamp
use more than one name to point to
23. By default - DCs include two application directory partitions reserved for DNS data: ______.
delegate
decreases
1. DomainDnsZones and - 2. ForestDnsZones
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
24. DNSSEC in Win Server 2008 R2 allows a ______ to validate DNS data on behalf of its Win 7 clients.
DNS server
14
%systemroot%System32Dns
asymmetric encryption
25. ______ 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.
asymmetric encryption
parent and child AD DS domains
Enterprise Admins
Trust anchors
26. To configure notifications - click ______ on the Zone Transfers tab when zone transfers are enabled.
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
DomainDnsZones
Notify
GlobalNames zone
27. 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.
notification
Minimum (Default) TTL
Service location (SRV)
14
28. 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.
Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
aging
masters
Trust anchors
29. ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.
Remove stale
parent and child AD DS domains
Scavenging
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
30. DNSSEC enables a DNS server to ______ the resource records in its zones.
asymmetric encryption
digitally sign
parent zone to a child zone
Aging
31. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.
Service location (SRV)
14
AD Zone Replication Scope page
deploying a GlobalNames zone
32. To ______ a zone is to create a new zone for a subdomain within a DNS namespace and relinquish authority of that new zone.
%systemroot%System32Dns
asymmetric encryption
delegate
digitally sign
33. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created. List them.
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
NS record and an associated A record
trust anchor
34. Public key cryptography provides ______ - which means that separate keys are used to encrypt and decrypt data.
asymmetric encryption
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
DNS zone
Reload - Transfer From Master - Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
35. 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.
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
Expires After
disabled
accepted
36. 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.
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
NRPT
Group Policy
Refresh Interval
37. When you create a new zone - two types of records required for the zone are automatically created: ______
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
public key
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
1. A SOA record 2. At least one NS record.
38. For a DC to fall within the scope of such a directory partition - you must ______ that DC in the partition.
will not
manually enlist
enable zone transfers
Reload
39. 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
Expires After
request DNSSEC validation for specific queries
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
Scavenging
40. 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 ______.
To All Domain Controllers In This Domain
A DS record
enable zone transfers
Create Default Application Directory Partitions
41. What is the name of the record that contains a hash of the public key in a delegated subdomain?
disabled
A DS record
manually enlist
deploying a GlobalNames zone
42. In this way - digital signatures use ______ cryptography to prove that information is unspoofed and unchanged.
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
public key
The Zone Aging/Scavenging Properties
Refresh Interval
43. Manually created resource records for all zone types are assigned a time stamp of 0; this value indicates that they ______ be aged.
priority of dc2.lucernepublishing.com.
digitally sign
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
will not
44. 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.
dnscmd /ZoneExport <zone name> <zone file name>
standard
1. Start of Authority (SOA) record that defines basic properties for the zone. 2. NS record signifying the name of the server or servers authoritative for the zone.
%systemroot%System32Dns
45. 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.
primary
Reload - Transfer From Master - Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
disabled
46. You must be a member of the ______ group to create an application directory partition.
Transfer From Master
disabled
Enterprise Admins
Remove stale
47. 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:
To All DNS Servers In This Forest
Reload - Transfer From Master - Transfer New Copy Of Zone From Master
Reload
manually enlist
48. The ______ partition is replicated among all DCs that are also DNS servers in every domain in an AD forest.
standard
CNAME resource records
ForestDnsZones
parent zone to a child zone
49. The ______ service uses SRV records to locate DCs in a domain by searching the domain for the LDAP service.
Netlogon
AD Zone Replication Scope page
Host (A or AAAA) - Alias (CNAME) - Mail exchanger (MX) - Pointer (PTR) - Service location (SRV)
primary
50. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.
notification
deploying a GlobalNames zone
dnscmd servername /enlistdirectorypartition FQDN
dnscmd /ZoneExport <zone name> <zone file name>