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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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. 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






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






5. 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: _______.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. 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:






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






19. ______ 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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 ______.






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






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