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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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1. 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.






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






3. 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






4. 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 ______.






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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 ______.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. ______ 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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