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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. You can perform a delegation only from a ________________.






2. 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 ______.






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






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






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






6. Scavenging can occur only when ______ is enabled.






7. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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 ______ refers to the process of deleting outdated resource records on which time stamps have been placed.






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. ______ 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.






23. 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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 ______ 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.