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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






20. 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 ______.






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






22. 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:






23. 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.






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






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. 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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. 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: _______.






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






33. 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






34. A ______ zone is similar to a secondary zone - but it contains only those resource records necessary to identify the authoritative DNS servers for the master zone.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.