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WorksheetsDNS Server - Part 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is the primary purpose of a DNS (Domain Name System) server?
To manage network security
To translate domain names to IP addresses
To handle email routing
To provide web hosting services
Which popular DNS server software is commonly used on Debian?
Apache
Nginx
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain)
MariaDB
What is the purpose of a 'reverse lookup zone'?
To resolve domain names to IP addresses
To translate IP addresses to domain names
To handle internal network addresses
To manage DNS security keys
Which command is used to restart the BIND9 service in Debian?
service bind9 stop
systemctl restart bind9
systemctl status bind9
service bind9 start
Which tool is commonly used to test and troubleshoot DNS queries from the command line in Debian?
ping
netstat
dig
ifconfig
A DNS cache server is designed to:
Store temporary copies of resolved queries to speed up future lookups
Store all DNS records for a domain
Act as a primary DNS server
Provide security for DNS queries
The named-checkzone command is used for what purpose?
To start the BIND service
To check the syntax of a zone file
To test DNS resolution
To view DNS server logs
In BIND, which file would you modify to specify the DNS servers to which your server should forward unresolved queries?
/etc/bind/named.conf.options
/etc/bind/named.conf.local
/etc/bind/db.forward
/etc/resolv.conf
Which command is used to check the status of the BIND9 service in Debian?
service bind9 start
systemctl status bind9
systemctl stop bind9
service bind9 restart
Which file would you typically edit to configure a local DNS zone in BIND?
/etc/bind/named.conf.options
/etc/bind/named.conf.local
/etc/bind/db.root
/etc/bind/named.conf
