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MCTS: Configuring A DNS Zone Infrastructure

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






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 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.






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






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






6. 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






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






8. ______ 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.






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. Increasing the refresh interval ______ zone transfer traffic.






30. 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 ______.






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






32. 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.






33. 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:






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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: _______.






48. 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.






49. 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.






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