Module 1 Server

Linwood is the IT manager of a small organization, Turtle Designs, with less than 50 employees. Caroline, his boss, asks him to set up a computer that will act as the central repository for the company's data. Linwood estimates the costs and suggests using an Internet-based service instead. What is Linwood recommending in this scenario?

A cloud-based server

Don is the system administrator for an organization that conducts virtual IT training sessions. Each participant, during these training sessions, creates multiple unique applications to address various problems. The applications have different hardware resource requirements. Don needs to set up a virtual lab with twenty Windows operating systems on 1 TB storage space for two different training programs. Help Don choose the right size of the virtual hard disk files.

Don should use thin provisioning.

The Windows 10 Education edition supports Hyper-V but not nested virtualization.

False

Which of the following is true of Storage Server 2019?

It cannot be purchased from Microsoft directly.

Janice has set up a Windows Server 2019 lab environment to practice labs related to her training. The base operating system is Windows 10. She has three Windows Server virtual machines running. If one of the virtual machines is running inside another virtual machine, which of the following must also be true?

Janice has enabled nested virtualization on the Windows 10 operating system.

Nadira is testing an application that needs to work on multiple operating systems. For this purpose, she uses Hyper-V to set up a Windows Server 2019 virtual machine (named VM1) and a Linux-based virtual machine (named VM2) on her host Windows 10 operating system. She sets up a third virtual machine, Windows Server 2012 (named VM3), to test the compatibility of the application between Windows Server 2019 and 2012 versions. Which of the following must be true if VM3 was set up successfully using nested virtualization?

Nadira powered off VM1, ran a PowerShell command, and powered on VM1.

Mahmood works as a full stack web developer at Insignia Informatics. As one of the senior developers, Mahmood is often tasked with testing web applications built by his team. Often, he finds himself testing multiple web applications simultaneously over a short period. Mahmood uses a separate virtual machine to run each application in isolation. This often causes a resource crunch because each virtual machine uses large amounts of system resources, and Mahmood cannot be as productive as he wants to be. What would you advise Mahmood?

Run these web applications in containers

Candace works as a system administrator at Capnia Systems, a product company with over 250 employees. She receives an email from her boss that says that one of the servers is running slow. The server is running the Standard Edition of Windows Server 2019, and the hardware includes HDDs and SSDs. Upon investigation, she finds that some frequently accessed files are being stored on HDDs, while other smaller and infrequently used files are stored on SSDs. Which feature should Candace enable to improve the efficiency of the server?

Storage tiering

Rhonda's company has a rack containing one email server, file server, web server, firewall server, UPS, SAN, and management station. Owing to a thunderstorm, a ten-block radius surrounding the company faces a power outage. Rhonda, who is working from home, tries sending an email to a colleague, but the email does not get sent. Which of the following is the most likely cause for this issue?

The blackout took down the Internet, so Rhonda can't reach the email server.

You are attempting to upgrade a server from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition. What must be done in order to accomplish the upgrade?

The server should be updated to the latest service pack for 2008 R2 and then upgraded to Server 2012 R2, after which the server can be upgraded to Server 2019.

Identify the true statement about Type 2 hypervisors.

They can run multiple operating systems on a single host.

Hyper-V supports nested virtualization that can be used to create virtual machines within another virtual machine.

True

Chen is a freelance web developer who uses a Windows 10 computer. When she needs to test her web application on a different operating system, she sends it to her friend who has other operating systems installed on multiple devices. This is a time-consuming process. She's looking for a way to test the web application across different operating systems on her own computer. Which of the following features should she use?

Virtualization

Walter Wells, Inc., a company that builds robotic process automation (RPA) applications, uses Windows Server 2016 to run several Linux and Windows virtual machines. Which of the following statements, if true, would make upgrading to Windows Server 2019 a good choice?

Walter Wells spends a considerable amount of money on encrypting Linux virtual machines.

Where can the most up-to-date list of compatible hardware available for Windows Server 2019 be found?

Windows Server Catalog

You are in the process of installing Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition on your computer. You have downloaded the corresponding ISO file and burned it to a DVD. Which of the following steps should you take next?

Change the boot order in the BIOS.

Malaika uses the Edge browser on her computer to access a website. The browser sends a request to another computer over the Internet, which returns web page data that is displayed on the browser. Which of these entities is the server?

The responding computer

Remtax offers tax consulting services over the Internet. It assists people in preparing their income tax returns. In which of the following scenarios should Remtax use Windows Server Core or Nano Server?

The server will be dedicated to web services and accessed via the Internet.

Eileen is a Web app developer. All the apps that Eileen builds run in Linux containers on the cloud. She currently uses a Windows 7 operating system. Why should Eileen consider upgrading to Windows 10?

Windows 10 has Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Raymond is a system administrator at Kelly Consulting. He's trying to automate some security features using Windows Server. One of the tasks he's trying to accomplish is automatically blocking any Outlook rules that are set to forward emails. Particularly, he's attempting to write a script that blocks any rules that automatically forward emails to external parties. Which of the following tools would be most effective in completing this task?

Windows PowerShell