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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






3. 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.






4. 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: _______.






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






6. 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.






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






8. There are three basic steps in _______________: 1. Enable GlobalNames zone support. 2. Create the GlobalNames zone. 3. Populate the GlobalNames zone.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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 ______.






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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






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.






45. Consequently - when aging is enabled - dynamically registered resource records can be scavenged after ___ days by default.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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