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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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






3. ______ 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.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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 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.






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






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






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






22. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






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






24. 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






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






26. 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 ______.






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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 ______.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






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