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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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. 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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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: _______.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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 ______.






36. 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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






46. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.