Deck 6: Managing and Administering DNS in Windows Server 2008

Question 1

The term ____ can refer to the common practice of assigning an FQDN to a computer or device whose IP address changes from time to time.

A) Dynamic DNS
C) label
B) BIND
D) stub zone

Answer 1

A

Question 2

At the ____ level, you can make configuration changes that are server specific. You can also perform maintenance tasks for a specific server.

A) DNS zone
C) DNS client
B) DNS server
D) DNS record

Answer 2

B

Question 3

____ allows an administrator to configure load balancing of servers based on DNS name resolution information.

A) Delegation
C) Zone transfer
B) Round-robin DNS
D) Forwarding

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The ____ log file is set to a default size of 16,384 KB, though you can increase the size in increments of 64 KB.

A) DNS Events
C) root
B) Global
D) domain

Question 5

A DNS server must support the SRV record type and dynamic update protocol, or Request for Comment (RFC) 2136, to support an AD environment properly.

Question 6

AD DS uses a database structure to maintain its objects.

Question 7

____ instructs a DNS server to forward all queries for DNS domains not hosted on a server to another server or servers

A) Standard forwarding
C) Kerberos
B) Active Directory
D) DCDIag

Question 8

____ is Microsoft's implementation of a directory services infrastructure.

A) NetBIOS
C) Kerberos
B) BOOTP
D) AD DS

Question 9

The ____ is the length of time after a record can refresh that it is determined to be stale and scavenging can begin

A) DNS zone
C) client interval
B) Refresh interval
D) DNS domain

Question 10

____ is an excellent command-line tool for performing configuration and maintenance tasks on a DNS server.

A) Ping
C) Ipconfig
B) Netsh
D) DNScmd

Question 11

In ____, the DNS database is stored in AD, and DNS replication occurs through the normal AD replication process.

A) NetBIOS
C) Active Directory-integrated DNS
B) Kerberos
D) DCDiag

Question 12

____ instructs a DNS server to forward nonauthoritative queries for a specific nonhosted domain, such as widgetsbiz.net, to a specific DNS server or servers.

A) Kerberos
C) NetBIOS
B) WINS
D) Conditional forwarding

Question 13

Dynamic updates are configured at the DNS record level.

Question 14

By default, FQDN is configured to provide dynamic updates to clients that support this feature.

Question 15

The ____ is the length of time records wait before they can refresh their time stamp.

A) DNS zone
C) No-refresh interval
B) client interval
D) DNS domain

Question 16

The ____ contains a subset of the event logs relating specifically to DNS called DNS Events.

A) primary domain controller
C) Global Logs folder
B) Global name folder
D) root domain

Question 17

Every AD domain in Windows Server 2008 has a naming convention based on a DNS domain name.

Question 18

A(n) ____ is used by AD DS for storing all of the AD objects and information about your network environment.

A) OEM
C) domain
B) DC
D) KDC

Question 19

Part of the netlogon service used by every client logging onto an Active Directory domain, the ____ runs at logon to provide the client with the location of a DC that can authenticate its requests.

A) domain controller locator
C) netlogon service
B) round-robin DNS
D) root domain

Question 20

____ are designed to limit the replication traffic across wide area network (WAN) links, as this traffic can affect performance for clients and users.

A) Stub zones
C) AD DS sites
B) Domains
D) PDCs

Question 21

The Filter tab allows you to modify the view of the DNS Server log for better analysis of the events it contains. Briefly discuss the following options: Event types, Event source, and Category.

Question 22

NetBIOS names are limited to ____ characters.

A) 5
C) 15
B) 10
D) 20

Question 23

What is the difference between a configuration partition and an application partition?

Question 24

The DNS zone level is the level where all the DNS zones exist, such as bentech.local and _msdcs.bentech.local. From here, what activities can you perform that will affect a specific zone?

Question 25

Prior to the proliferation of DNS usage with Windows 2000, ____ was the naming convention of choice for Windows nodes.

A) NetBIOS
C) TCP
B) BOOTP
D) WINS

Question 26

What activities would you perform, at the DNS level, that is directly related to a specific record?

Question 27

The ____ command deletes all DNS query responses that have been cached on the local DNS client.

A) ipconfig /registerdns
C) ipconfig /all
B) ipconfig /displaydns
D) ipconfig /flushdns

Question 28

A(n) _________________________ allows a client to update its DNS records through dynamic update to any AD DS DNS DC, and that update is replicated to the other DCs on the network.

Question 29

What tasks would you use the DNScmd tool to perform?

Question 30

Briefly discuss the following levels used to configure DNS: DNS server level, DNS zone level, and DNS record level.

Question 31

____________________ automatically creates and delegates the forest root domain DNS zone, or the first domain in your forest.

Question 32

____________________ is a process within a DNS database that uses time stamps to determine when records can update themselves and whether a record has exceeded the length of time records can exist without an update.

Question 33

____________________ allows you to perform detailed queries for DNS information from the command line.It can be used for querying specific records such as SOA or MX.

Question 34

What are the benefits of using AD DNS?

Question 35

The ____ command lists all the vital information about the network connections on a client, including the DNS servers and suffixes.

A) ipconfig /registerdns
C) ipconfig /all
B) ipconfig /displaydns
D) ipconfig /flushdns

Question 36

What is the difference between a domain partition and a schema partition?

Question 37

The ____ command forces registration or refresh of a DNS client's DNS records on the server specified as the Preferred DNS server.

A) ipconfig /registerdns
C) ipconfig /all
B) ipconfig /displaydns
D) ipconfig /flushdns

Question 38

A(n) ____________________ server is similar to a DC in that it holds a directory services database.

Question 39

The ____ command displays all the currently cached query responses on a DNS client.

A) ipconfig /registerdns
C) ipconfig /all
B) ipconfig /displaydns
D) ipconfig /flushdns

Question 40

Instead of using ping on an IP address, you can ping a server by host name or FQDN. If it responds when pinging by host name, your DNS suffixes are resolving properly, you can query the proper DNS zone, and the DNS zone has an A record created for it. Failure to resolve the host name or FQDN could be caused by a number of issues. Briefly discuss these issues.

Question 41

What information is normally provided by the switch /test:DNS, when used with DCDiag?