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Networking with Windows Server - Chapter 2 – DNS, Exams of Information Technology

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Networking with Windows Server - Chapter 2 – DNS

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Networking with Windows Server - Chapter 2 – DNS
Questions and Answers
Which of the following best describes DNS?
(Choose all that apply.)
a. Hierarchical database
b. Flat database
c. Monolithic database
d. Distributed database - ANSWER -a.
Hierarchical database
d. Distributed database
Which of the following accurately represents an
FQDN?
a. host.top-level-domain.subdomain.domain
b. domain.host.top-level-domain
c. host.subdomain.domain.top-level-domain
d. host.domain.top-level-domain.subdomain -
ANSWER -c. host.subdomain.domain.top-
level-domain
What specific type of DNS query instructs a DNS
server to process the query until the server
replies with an address that satisfies the query or
with an "I don't know" message?
a. Recursive
b. Referral
c. Iterative
d. resolver - ANSWER -a. Recursive
What type of zone should you create that
contains records allowing a computer name to be
resolved from its IP address?
a. RLZ
b. FLZ
c. Stub
d. TLD - ANSWER -a. RLZ
A resource record containing an alias for another
record is which of the following record types?
a. A
b. CNAME
c. NS
d. PTR - ANSWER -b. CNAME
What type of resource record is necessary to get
a positive response from the command nslookup
192.168.100.10?
a. A
b. CNAME
c. NS
d. PTR - ANSWER -d. PTR
When a DNS server responds to a query with a
list of name servers, what is the response called?
a. Iterative
b. Recursive
c. Referral
d. Resolver - ANSWER -c. Referral
You're scanning the local cache on a DNS client,
and you come across the notation ::1. What does
it mean?
a. The cache is corrupt.
b. It's the IPv6 localhost address.
c. It's the link-local address.
d. It's a reverse lookup record. - ANSWER -
b. It's the IPv6 localhost address.
You have decided to install the DNS server role
on Nano Server. What specific type of zone
configuration is not supported when using the
DNS on Nano Server?
a. Standard directory-based
b. Active Directory-integrated
c. Replication-integrated
d. Standard file-based - ANSWER -b. Active
Directory-integrated
Your company just opened a small branch office
where 10 computer users will work. You have
installed a single Windows Server 2016 computer
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Which of the following best describes DNS? (Choose all that apply.) a. Hierarchical database b. Flat database c. Monolithic database d. Distributed database - ANSWER - a. Hierarchical database d. Distributed database Which of the following accurately represents an FQDN? a. host.top-level-domain.subdomain.domain b. domain.host.top-level-domain c. host.subdomain.domain.top-level-domain d. host.domain.top-level-domain.subdomain - ANSWER - c. host.subdomain.domain.top- level-domain What specific type of DNS query instructs a DNS server to process the query until the server replies with an address that satisfies the query or with an "I don't know" message? a. Recursive b. Referral c. Iterative d. resolver - ANSWER - a. Recursive What type of zone should you create that contains records allowing a computer name to be resolved from its IP address? a. RLZ b. FLZ c. Stub d. TLD - ANSWER - a. RLZ A resource record containing an alias for another record is which of the following record types? a. A b. CNAME c. NS d. PTR - ANSWER - b. CNAME What type of resource record is necessary to get a positive response from the command nslookup 192.168.100.10? a. A b. CNAME c. NS d. PTR - ANSWER - d. PTR When a DNS server responds to a query with a list of name servers, what is the response called? a. Iterative b. Recursive c. Referral d. Resolver - ANSWER - c. Referral You're scanning the local cache on a DNS client, and you come across the notation ::1. What does it mean? a. The cache is corrupt. b. It's the IPv6 localhost address. c. It's the link-local address. d. It's a reverse lookup record. - ANSWER - b. It's the IPv6 localhost address. You have decided to install the DNS server role on Nano Server. What specific type of zone configuration is not supported when using the DNS on Nano Server? a. Standard directory-based b. Active Directory-integrated c. Replication-integrated d. Standard file-based - ANSWER - b. Active Directory-integrated Your company just opened a small branch office where 10 computer users will work. You have installed a single Windows Server 2016 computer

Questions and Answers

configured as a member server for basic file and print server needs. Users require DNS to access the Internet and to resolve names of company resources. You decide to install DNS on the existing server. Which of the following types of installations makes the most sense? a. A primary server hosting a standard zone b. An Active Directory-integrated zone hosting the zone in which the server is a member c. A caching-only DNS server d. A server that's a forwarder - ANSWER - a. A primary server hosting a standard zone You have a DNS server outside your corporate firewall that's a standalone Windows Server 2016 server. It hosts a primary zone for your public Internet domain name, which is different from your internal Active Directory domain names. You want one or more of your internal servers to be able to handle DNS queries for your public domain and to serve as a backup for the primary DNS server outside the firewall. Which configuration should you choose for internal DNS servers? a. A standard secondary zone. b. A standard stub zone. c. A forwarder to point to the primary DNS server. d. An Active Directory-integrated stub zone. - ANSWER - a. A standard secondary zone. Which of the following is true about stub zones? (Choose all that apply.) a. They're authoritative for the zone. b. Their records are updated by the primary server automatically. c. They can't be Active Directory integrated. d. They contain SOA and NS records - ANSWER - b. Their records are updated by the primary server automatically. d. They contain SOA and NS records. The DNS server at your headquarters holds a standard primary zone for the abc.com domain. A branch office connected by a slow WAN link holds a secondary zone for abc.com. Updates to the zone aren't frequent. How can you decrease the amount of WAN traffic caused by the secondary zone checking for zone updates? a. In the SOA tab of the zone's Properties dialog box, increase the minimum (default) TTL. b. In the Advanced tab of the DNS server's Properties dialog box, increase the expire interval. c. In the SOA tab of the zone's Properties dialog box, increase the refresh interval. d. In the Zone Transfers tab of the SOA Properties dialog box, decrease the retry interval.

  • ANSWER - c. In the SOA tab of the zone's Properties dialog box, increase the refresh interval. What type of record does DNS create automatically to resolve the FQDN of an NS record? a. PTR b. CNAME c. Glue A d. Auto SRV - ANSWER - c. Glue A You want a DNS server to handle queries for a domain with a standard primary zone hosted on another DNS server, and you don't want the server to be authoritative for that zone. How should you configure the server? (Choose all that apply.) a. As a secondary zone on the DNS server b. As a stub zone on the DNS server c. As a forwarder on the DNS server d. Configure zone hints for the primary zone - ANSWER - b. As a stub zone on the DNS server c. As a forwarder on the DNS server

Questions and Answers

Which is the correct order in which a DNS client tries to resolve a name? a. Cache, DNS server, Hosts file b. Hosts file, cache, DNS server c. Cache, Hosts file, DNS server d. DNS server, cache, Hosts file - ANSWER - c. Cache, Hosts file, DNS server You want to verify whether a PTR record exists for the server1.csmtech.local host, but you don't know the server's IP address. Which of the following commands should you use to see whether a PTR record exists for server1.csmtech.local? a. ping - a server1.csmtech.local, and then ping IPAddress returned from the first ping b. nslookup server1.csmtech.local, and then nslookup IPAddress returned from the first nslookup c. dnscmd /PTR server1.csmtech.local d. dnslint /PTR server1.csmtech.local - ANSWER - b. nslookup server1.csmtech.local, and then nslookup IPAddress returned from the first nslookup You have two DCs, each with three Active Directory-integrated zones. You're getting inconsistent DNS lookup results and suspect there is a problem with Active Directory replication. What tool can you use to investigate the problem? (Choose all that apply.) a. nslookup b. dnscmd c. dcdiag d. ipconfig - ANSWER - c. dcdiag d. ipconfig You have just finished setting up your DNS infrastructure, and the DNS process seems to be working well. You want to be able to create a baseline of performance data so that if slowdowns occur later, you have information for comparison purposes. Which tool should you use? a. dnscmd.exe b. Debug logging c. Performance Monitor d. Event logging - ANSWER - c. Performance Monitor You're having trouble with logons and other domain operations in your domain named csmtech.local. You want to verify that your domain clients can find domain controllers. Which of the following can you do? (Choose all that apply.) a. Use the dcdiag /test:dns /DnsRecordRegistration command b. Look at the %systemroot%\System32\Config\netlogon.dns file c. Look at the %systemroot%\System32\dns\cache.dns file d. Use the nslookup - type = CNAME - domain=csmtech.local command - ANSWER - a. Use the dcdiag /test:dns /DnsRecordRegistration command b. Look at the %systemroot%\System32\Config\netlogon.dns file You have decided that you need to change the setting of an existing DNS forwarder. Which of the following PowerShell cmdlets will allow you to accomplish this task? a. Add-DnsServerForwarder b. Import-DnsServerForwarder c. Set-DnsServerRecursion d. Set-DnsServerForwarder - ANSWER - d. Set-DnsServerForwarder