SK0-004 CompTIA Server+ Practice Questions

Match each port number with its appropriate protocol name. Port Number 989 22 68 53 389 Protocol DNS DHCP LDAP FTPS SSH

989 - FTPS 22 - SSH 68 - DHCP 53 - DNS 389 - LDAP

A SLA document: A. outlines expectations and requirements from a provider to a consumer B. contains information on specific hardware or software usage and behavior C. defines performance expectations under normal circumstances D. outlines expected movement of information between servers and services

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A company executive asks the network administrator to help to reduce power consumption in a datacenter. The administrator suggests changing the servers running on 110V to 220V. Which of the following will occur as a result of this action? A. The room temperature will be reduced B. Amperage consumed by each server will be reduced by 50% C. Twice as much heat will be generated in the server room D. Power redundancy will be added to the server by providing two 110V power sources

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A company is being audited by its operating system vendor. The company needs to report the number of operating systems in use, the versions of the operating systems, and the product keys. Which of the following will be MOST helpful in passing the audit? A. Asset management documentation B. Change management logs C. Service manuals D. Server baselines

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A datacenter administrator is reallocating CPU and memory resources for a guest VM. The guest VM runs on a hypervisor that has direct access to the hardware resources being allocated. Which of the following BEST describes this scenario? A. The guest is using a Type I hypervisor B. The hypervisor is running on a virtual hardware C. The host is using a Type II hypervisor D. The guest is using a hybrid hypervisor

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A datacenter audit finds that a number of personnel are not using access cards when entering a secured area with a coworker. Which of the following security methods could be implemented to help prevent this behavior? A. Mantrap B. Keypad C. Smart card D. Security camera

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A datacenter is in a geologically active area and has no earthquake abatement installed. Which of the following drive types is BEST for general server use? A. Solid state drives B. High RPM drives C. Low RPM drives D. USB drives

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A datacenter recently experienced a breach committed by a group that was able to access a server that had been shut down but not disconnected from the network. Which of the following could have prevented the breach from occurring? A. Disabling WOL in the server BIOS B. Shutting down unneeded ports on the server C. Installing anti-malware software on the server D. Disabling non-essential services on the server

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A host server in a small business environment does not have virtual switching configured. The NIC on a guest is configured with an IP address that is on a different subnet from the host server. Which of the following would MOST likely happen in this case? A. The guest will not have network access to the host or network resources. B. The guest would have access to all network resources. C. The guest would have network access to everything but the host. D. The guest will have network access to the host server.

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A mission critical server has faulted with a dead 66 MHz 3.3V PCI-X network interface card. The system administrator has been directed to get the server functional as soon as possible, even if it is connected with less bandwidth. There are no onsite spare cards available and the vendor does not expect to have the parts for at least a week. Which of the following immediately available NICs could be substituted instead? A. 33 MHz 3.3V PCI B. 66 MHz 5V PCI C. 266 MHzx 3.3V PCI-X D. 533 MHz 5V PCI-X

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A network administrator finds there are several users who cannot access a particular application. The application does not launch for the users. The network administrator finds the server has not been rebooted in 192 days. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of these issues? A. Memory leak B. Low resources C. Slow OS performance D. Service failure

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A network administrator installs a new web server and notices that the server was configured with one quad-port NIC. In order to properly provision the hardware resources, how should the NIC be configured? A. Assign at least one IP address to each port B. Assign multiple IP addresses to one port C. Assign one IP address to the quad-port NIC D. Assign a single IP address to all four ports

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A new server has two drives and a RAID controller. Which of the following is an option for configuring the storage on this server? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 5 C. RAID 6 D. RAID 10

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A newly hired administrator is tasked to change the number of CPUs assigned to a VM. Which of the following if the FIRST step the administrator should do during a scheduled maintenance window? A. Create a snapshot. B. Back up the host. C. Shut down the guest. D. Shut down the host.

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A remote datacenter that runs in parallel with a main datacenter, with devices powered on and communication taking place between the two datacenters, is known as which of the following? A. Hot site B. Warm site C. Cold site D. DR site

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A secondary office location containing servers already configured with all necessary software and files to minimize downtime is considered to be which of the following types of disaster recovery sites? A. Hot site B. Hosted site C. Cold site D. Warm site

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A security incident occurs that requires a systems administrator to take an image of a user's workstation hard drive. Which of the following should be taken at the time the system image is generated and retained through the file of the investigation to assure files have not been modified since? A. A checksum hash of the drive image or files B. Copies of the system logs at specific intervals C. A snapshot of the file system D. The user's credentials and permissions

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A server administrator implements external storage for a file server. At a later time, another administrator wants to extend this storage to a second server but is unable to connect to two servers simultaneously. Which of the following storage types was implemented by the first administrator? A. DAS B. NAS C. VSAN D. SAN

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A server administrator is bringing a new host online. After the initial OS installation and configuration, the administrator is unable to reach hosts on another subnet. The administrator is able to ping and access other hosts on the same subnet. Which of the following should the administrator check FIRST? A. Default gateway B. Netmask C. DNS A (AAAA) record D. DNS reverse lookup entry

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A server administrator is deploying a new database server and wishes to maximize the number of IOPS. Which of the following disk types would BEST accomplish this goal? A. 500 GB SATA SSD drives B. 600 GB 15000 rpm SAS drives C. 800 GB 10000 rpm SAS drives D. 1 TB 7200 rpm SATA drives

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A server administrator is formulating a DRP for an organization. The DRP specifies that all backups must be saved in a format that supports linear data access. Which of the following media types would meet this objective? A. LTO B. SAN C. NAS D. JBOD

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A server administrator suspects that an unauthorized email relay agent is running on a web server. The web server has a hostname of web1.example.com and an IP address of 199.90.89.51. Which of the following commands should the server administrator execute to verify these suspicions? A. telnet web1.example.com 25 B. telnet web1.example.com 23 C. telnet 199.90.89.51 D. telnet 199.90.89.51 80

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A server has a faulty hard drive, and the administrator needs to replace the hard drive while it is running. The server needs to support which of the following drives? A. Hot swappable B. Hot spare C. SAS D. USB E. Firewire

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A server is giving a fault code indicating that a RAM chip is producing errors and should be replaced. According to best practices, which of the following is the proper sequence of steps to replace the faulty module? A. Attach ESD protection, open server case, replace module, close server case, baseline configuration B. Open server case, baseline configuration, attach ESD protection, replace module, close server case C. Attach ESD protection, baseline configuration, open server case, replace module, close server case D. Open server case, replace module, attach ESD protection, close server case, baseline configuration

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A server repeatedly crashes with a BSOD when running an application that uses a high amount of system resources. Which of the following hardware components MOST likely needs to be checked by a technician? A. Memory B. Hard drive C. RAID controller D. CPU

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A server technician is reviewing a server and notices the server hard disk supports up to 15000rpm. The technician is reviewing whether the hard drive can be upgraded from 40GB to 136GB for primary storage size. Given this scenario, which of the following is the technician MOST likely to do next ? A. Procure a 136GB SAS interface storage device B. Procure a 136GB SATA interface storage device C. Procure a 136GB USB interface storage device D. Procure a 136GB FireWare interface storage device

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A server technician is trying to minimize power outages using a UPS that is plugged into an outlet in the server room. Given this scenario, which of the following procedures should be followed to minimize outages? A. Ensure the UPS has a dedicated circuit B. Ensure the UPS circuit is shared with the office C. Ensure the UPS is connected to the main UPS D. Ensure the UPS is connected to a surge protector

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A server that can store extensible schema and communicate using SQL for describing transactions to be performed is commonly called a: A. database server B. directory server C. web server D. messaging server

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A server with redundant power supplies connected to two different UPS units fails to gracefully shut down during a power outage. A technician has verified cables and both UPS units are properly connected. Which of the following hardware tools should the technician use to further troubleshoot this issue? A. Load tester B. OTDR C. Loopback plug D. Crimper

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A sever administrator implements external storage for a file server. At a later time, another administrator wants to extend this storage to a second server but is unable to simultaneously connect to two servers. Which of the following storage types was implemented by the first administrator? A. DAS B. NAS C. VSAN D. SAN

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A small office has installed a server inside a writing closet. Users report losing connectivity to the server at various times throughout the day. Which of the following should have been considered before installing the server to prevent this issue from occurring? A. Airflow B. Redundant power C. Antivirus software D. Chassis lock

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A system administrator has decided to create several VMs for a company. In which of the following locations would each of the VMs reside? A. Host B. VNC C. Guest D. VPN

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A system administrator has just performed a backup. Which of the following should the administrator perform to easily identify the backup tape? A. Label the tape B. Mount the tape in the drive C. Place the tape in the rack D. Update the site log

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A system administrator is creating a backup schedule. Which of the following is a best practice to ensure the data is backed up, based on a five-day business week ? A. Full on Sundays ; incremental on business days B. Incremental on Sundays ;differential on business days C. Snapshot on Sundays, differential on business days D. Incremental on Sundays ;snapshot on business days

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A system technician is tasked with destroying several hard drives that contain PII. Which of the following would be the BEST method for disposing of the drives? A. Shred the hard drives. B. Complete a hard wipe. C. Perform a soft wipe. D. Delete the partition table.

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A systems administrator has created a guest VM on a hypervisor host. The guest VM would need to have a dynamic IP address assignment on the same subnet as the hypervisor. Which of the following network connectivity types should the administrator configure? A. Bridging B. NAT C. VLAN D. Spoofing

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A systems administrator has determined that there are several users experiencing problems within two offices that have recently merged into one OU. Users within one of these offices are not having these issues. Which of the following is MOST likely misconfigured? A. Group policies B. Firewall policies C. File permissions D. Port permissions

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A systems administrator has performed a memory upgrade on a server. The server does not recognize the new memory. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? A. The CPU does not support the upgraded amount of memory B. The HDD firmware needs to be updated C. The new memory was installed incorrectly D. The original memory is defective

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A systems administrator is inspecting a file server setup with a RAID 10 configuration among four 160GB SAS drives. The administrator has replaced all of the drives with 500GB SAS drives. Which of the following storage tools should the administrator use NEXT to effectively administer the change? A. Disk management tool B. Disk monitoring tool C. Disk cloning tool D. Disk partitioning tool

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A systems administrator is unable to back up user files. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for this issue? A. The files are currently open B. The files have been copied C. The files have been modified D. The files are compressed

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A systems administrator wishes to improve security in a datacenter. The administrator wants to be alerted whenever a hard drive is removed from the server room. Which of the following security measures would BEST accomplish this? A. RFID chips B. Security cameras C. Server and cabinet locks D. Mantrap E. Proximity reader

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A technician correctly powers off and replaces a cache battery on a RAID controller. When the server is powered back up, it restarts but indicates there are no logical disk volumes found. The server halts. Which of the following components should the technician check FIRST? A. Cache battery B. BIOS boot order C. Controller cabling D. Disk backplane

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A technician installed a new 2GB hard drive on a server, but it only shows 1.86GB of unformatted space. Which of the following is a reason for the difference? A. Manufacturers use base 10 instead of base 2 in advertising disk space. B. A swap file is added to the drive automatically, reducing available disk space. C. The disk controller maps out a section of hard drive space for diagnostics. D. Disk drivers consume space of the hard drive.

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A technician is asked to install three servers: a 1U, a 4U, and a 6U. Which of the following is the MOST correct order to install these servers starting from the top of the rack? A. 1U, 4U, 6U B. 4U, 1U, 6U C. 4U, 6U, 1U D. 6U, 4U, 1U

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A technician is asked to make recommendations for purchase of new server hardware in a datacenter. Currently the datacenter is extremely limited in power available for new hardware, so the technician wants to recommend processors that utilize the least amount of power possible. Which of the following processor architectures should the technician suggest? A. ARM B. x64 C. x86 D. RISC

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A technician is backing up 10 GB of data on a file server to a 250 GB external USB hard drive. After 4 GB has been backed up, the software generates an error that the size of the backup exceeds the file limit. Which of the following file system types is being used? A. FAT32 B. NTFS C. VMFS D. ZFS

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A technician is backing up 10GB of data on a file server to a 250GB external USB hard drive. After 4GB has been backed up, the software generates an error that the size of the backup exceeds the file limit. Which of the following file system types is being used? A. FAT32 B. NTFS C. VMFS D. ZFS

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A technician is configuring switches with SFP ports on multiple floors in a building. A switch on the first floor must be connected to a switch on the second floor for trunking VLAN traffic. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate cable type for the technician to use? A. Multimode fiber B. Coaxial cable C. CAT5e rollover D. CAT6 straight through

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A technician is having problems sending a notification from a server. The technician suspects the firewall may be blocking traffic. Which of the following clients can be used to confirm the technician's suspicions? A. traceroute B. sendmail C. nslookup D. telnet

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A technician is tasked with creating a test system containing non-critical data. The technician has limited hardware, but needs maximum performance. Which of the following RAID levels should the technician use? A. 0 B. 1 C. 5 D. 10

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A technician is trying to install the operating system on a new server. When the server is powered on, it searches for the installation information on CD and then on the local hard drive. The operating system installation is on a PXE server. Which of the following should the technician change to successfully install the operating system? A. BIOS settings B. Firmware version C. File system type D. RAID configuration

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A technician is wiring up a new rack. Which of the following is the appropriate place for the power cord to wire this rack correctly? A. One power supply from each server should go to differing PDUs B. Each PDU should be plugged into a separate UPS C. Each UPS should be plugged into a different circuit D. Nothing should be plugged into the wall other than the UPSs

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A technician is working on a server that is experiencing network connectivity issues. The technician replaces the NIC on the server, but this does not resolve the issue. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician do NEXT? A. Establish a new theory of probable cause B. Perform a root cause analysis C. Document findings, actions, and outcomes D. Identify additional changes to the server

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A technician needs to create a rule in the firewall to convert the directory server's private IP address to its public IP address. Which of the following should the technician enable to accomplish this? A. NAT B. VPN C. DNS D. DMZ

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A technician needs to install an OS patch on a virtual server. Which of the following backup types should the technician perform prior to the patch installation that will allow the server to be restored the FASTEST? A. Snapshot B. Incremental C. Differential D. Full

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A technician notices inlet temperatures to rack-mounted servers are significantly higher in the center of the rack as compared to the top and bottom of the rack. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason? A. Lack of front-mounted blanking panels B. Too much humidity in the room C. Room temperature set too high D. Air conditioning units sized incorrectly

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A technician receives a report that two users are having difficulty retaining connections to a server hosting a company application. On testing, the technician sees the following: Initial connections to the server are sporadic. If connected, the client is dropped within 30 seconds. Attempting to reconnect is sometimes successful but other times requires multiple attempts. Local testing on the server reveals no problems. Given these symptoms, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem? A. Two workstations have been configured with the same IP address. B. Two separate NICs have the same MAC address. C. There are multiple DNS entries for the same host. D. Routing has been configured incorrectly for the clients.

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A technician receives errors that a server's internal temperarture is approaching an unsafe limit. After opening up the chassis, all fans are operational. Which of the following should be checked NEXT ? A. Blockage of the cooling system B. Fire suppression system C. Uninterruptible power supply load D. Location of the server

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A technician troubleshooting a mail server determines that the server is low on available hard drive space and needs an additional hard drive installed. The server will need to be offline for the hardware installation. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician do NEXT? A. Notify impacted users of the scheduled maintenance. B. Implement one change at a time. C. Collect additional information. D. Document findings, actions, and outcomes.

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A technician wants to copy files from one server to another by connecting the servers directly. Which of the following cables should the technician install to achieve this? A. Cat 5e crossover B. Cat 6 straight through C. Single-mode fiber D. Multimode fiber

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A technician was assigned new storage for the server from the storage administrator. The technician is unable to see the storage on the server, but the previously assigned storage is visible and working properly. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST in order to see the storage on the server? A. Perform a rescan of the disk. B. Install the storage device drivers. C. Assign a drive letter to the new storage. D. Format the new storage.

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A user accidentally deleted a critical file. A technician tries to restore it from tape backup but receives an error that the file does not exist on the tape. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST? A. Verify that the correct tape is in the tape drive. B. Re-index the tape library. C. Schedule a differential backup to run now. D. Update the tape drive firmware.

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A user cannot save a 2 GB file to a file server. A technician determines that permissions are correct and the file system has 10 MB of available space for new files. The technician wants to enable compression as a short-term fix. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST? A. Free enough disk space to hold the largest file's uncompressed size B. Decrease the amount of system CPU and memory requirements C. Encrypt the file system on the server D. Install at least enough memory to hold the largest file's uncompressed size

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A user changed departments from sales to accounting. The user is unable to access the shared network drive containing the accounting department's files. Which of the following should a technician check? A. File permissions B. Folder redirections C. Local group policy D. Encryption type

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A user is unable to save an image file to the home directory on a server. The server technician checks the disk space and ACL on the user's home directory and finds that the user has enough space and required access to write to the directory. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason why the user is unable to save the file? A. The user is attempting to save a file with a prohibited file extension. B. There are too many open files on the server. C. The user does not have permission to save files to the server. D. The hard drive containing the user's home directory is failing.

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A user is unable to save an image file to their home directory on a server. The server technician checks the disk space and ACL on the user's home directory and finds that the user has enough space and required access to write to the directory. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason why the user is unable to save the file? A. The user is attempting to save a file with a prohibited file extension. B. There are too many open files on the server. C. The user does not have permission to save files to the server. D. The hard drive containing the user's home directory, is failing.

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A user notices that when plugging a company-assigned laptop into a network port it is able to get an IP address via DHCP. However, when plugging a personal laptop into the same port, it does not get a valid IP address. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this? A. The company is using 802.1X port security. B. The personal laptop is using an unsupported operating system. C. The network cable is only Cat 5e. D. Port 53 is closed on the personal laptop.

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After a migration to a new server, users report that they are unable to save files to their home directories. A check of the permissions on the home directories indicate that the permissions are set as follows: User: r-x Group: r-- Other: r-x A server administrator verifies the correct user and group ownership of the home directories. Which of the following will MOST likely resolve the issue? A. Add the w permission for the users. B. Add the x permission for the group. C. Remove the x permission for other. D. Remove the r permission for the group.

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After applying a set of OS patches, a systems administrator finds that, on reboot, a server hangs with a blinking cursor after the system POST. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST? A. Attempt to reload the master boot record B. Replace the boot drive, and reinstall the OS C. Restore the server from backup D. Clone the boot drive to another hard drive

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After successfully authenticating to a remote server, a server administrator is presented with an interactive command line with no graphical interface. Which of the following protocols did the administrator MOST likely use to securely connect to the remote server? A. SSH B. Bash C. Telnet D. FTP

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An IT manager needs to purchase client access licenses for servers. The network has ten workstations and 100 on-site users. Which of the following licensing models should the systems administrator recommend ? A. per user licensing B. per CPU licensing C. per operating system licensing D. per device licensing

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An IT manager noticed that specific directories' permissions are being changed by users. Which of the following will prevent this from occurring? A. Allow Read permissions only on directories B. Allow Write permissions only on directories C. Allow Full permissions on directories D. Allow Modify permissions only on directories

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An administrator checks a server running a RAID 1 with ten drives and notices three drives have blinking amber lights. Which of the following is the FIRST action the administrator should take? A. Reseat the drives one at a time B. Inform the users the server is down C. Shut down the server and replace the drives D. Call support and open a case

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An administrator decides to implement access control techniques to secure a datacenter. Which of the following would be the STRONGEST technique for the administrator to use? A. Multifactor authentication B. RFID chip C. Cipher locks D. Bollards

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An administrator has been tasked with making recommendations for purchasing new disks for a low I/O file server. Keeping in mind that budget and capacity are the primary concerns, which the following disk types should the administrator recommend? A. SATA B. FC C. SCSI D. SAS

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An administrator has just upgraded a server from non-hot plug storage to all hot plug storage. The administrator powers up the server, during POST the RAID controller is recognized but none of the drive lights flash. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST to troubleshoot the problem? A. Check the backplane cabling. B. Check the server BIOS. C. Update the RAID controller firmware. D. Install the latest hard drive firmware.

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An administrator has purchased monitoring software that can be configured to send alerts when hardware and applications are having issues. Which of the following must be installed on the monitoring server so that it can properly monitor details on vendor specific devices? A. MIBs B. SMTP C. WMI D. DHCP

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An administrator is configuring a server for remote access. The administrator wants to be able to power on a server from a remote location. Which of the following needs to be configured on the server to accomplish this task? A. Configure ILO/iDRAC on the server. B. Configure VPN access on the server. C. Configure the serial connection. D. Configure the boot sequence.

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An administrator is creating a comprehensive backup system to backup a single web server. Which of the following is the BEST way to provide full restore? A. Take an image backup nightly while the server is online. B. Take an incremental backup while the server is offline. C. Take a monthly snapshot backup while the server is online. D. Take a differential backup while the server is online.

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An administrator is upgrading the backup server from a single tape drive to a SCSI tape library. The library has been unpackaged, mounted, and the library drivers installed. Which of the following items should the administrator have to connect the device to the backup server? A. SCSI cable B. SCSI interface adapter on the tape library C. SCSI termination card on the server D. iSCSI cable

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An administrator is validating disaster recovery mechanisms and wants to ensure backup data is usable and accurate. Which of the following should the administrator do? A. Backup verification and test restorability B. Label media for all backups C. Secure backup in safe location D. Keep all backups onsite close to the server

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An administrator needs to back up changed files only and has time constraints on the back up window. Which of the following is the BEST choice for a backup strategy? A. Differential B. Snapshot C. Full D. Incremental

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An administrator needs to build a new virtualization host. The hypervisor should be able to directly access the server hardware and allow the host to provide maximum performance. Which of the following types of hypervisors should the administrator install to BEST meet these goals? A. Install a Type 1 hypervisor. B. Install a Type 2 hypervisor. C. Install a 32-bit hypervisor. D. Install a hybrid hypervisor.

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An administrator notices that several servers have become noticeably slower. Logs show that an optional update was applied to these same servers. A BEST practice before running updates is: A. to run a performance baseline B. to update the BIOS firmware C. to have a complete backup of the server D. to restart the servers

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An administrator thinks that a particular network connection is dropping packets. Which of the following tools would the administrator use to BEST identify where the packets are being dropped? A. tracert B. ping C. nslookup D. netstat

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An administrator wants to ensure a server OS and data can be recovered in case all the server's hard disk drives fail simultaneously. Which of the following backup types must be implemented to meet the requirements? A. Full backup B. Differential C. Incremental D. Bare metal

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An office experienced a long power outage that will require the servers to be powered on manually by a technician once a power is restored. Based on server roles, which of the following servers should be powered on manually by a technician once power is restored. Based on server roles, which of the following servers should be powered on FIRST? A. Directory server B. File server C. Web server D. Database server

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Historical data shows that on average, a server is likely to fail once every nine months. A company has purchased 24x7, four hour hardware response to replace a server's failed hardware. Additionally, the company can restore a server to its operational status within six hours from the time the failed hardware has been replaced. Which of the following describes this scenario? A. The company's MTTR is ten hours. B. Individual servers have 99.999% uptime. C. Service can be restored within four hours. D. The operational SLA is six hours.

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Immediately following a BIOS firmware update, a server detects an overheat condition and shuts down after five minutes. Which of the following should the systems administrator do FIRST? A. Ensure the system fans are running B. Disconnect the server's power and restore the backup ROM C. Run the hardware manufacturer's onboard diagnostics D. Reapply thermal paste to the CPUs and heat sinks

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Immediately following a BIOS firmware update, a server detects an overheat condition and shuts down after five minutes. Which of the following should the systems administrator do FIRST? A. Ensure the system fans are running. B. Disconnect the server's power and restore the backup ROM. C. Run the hardware manufacturer's onboard diagnosis. D. Reapply thermal paste to the CPUs and heat sinks.

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In a PKI, which of the following represents the top level of a certificate authority? A. Root CA B. Intermediate CA C. Subordinate CA D. Delegated CA

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In order to utilize most server management software, an administrator will have to install which of the following? A. SNMP B. SMTP C. IPv6 D. UDP

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In terms of security, which of the following comprises « something you have » ? A. ID card B. user ID C. Password D. Retina scan

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Multiple users report that an application attempting to open a file retrieved from a server reports that the file is corrupted. Which of the following applications can be used on the server to verify file integrity? A. Checksum B. Port scanner C. Cipher D. Anti-malware

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Server A hosts a mission-critical business application. The server has one disk and one NIC. The administrator has been asked to implement a solution to meet the business requirement that the application must maintain high availability, even in case of a hardware failure. Which of the following BEST meets this requirement? A. Configure failover clustering using Server A and a new server. B. Add multiple disks on the server and configure RAID 5. C. Add an additional NIC and configure the NIC as standby. D. Move the application to another server that has more resources.

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The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) allows: A. the ability to boot from larger than 2GB disks. B. CPU-dependent architecture and drivers. C. a non-modular design. D. no network capability in the current release.

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Users are trying to access the company time card website. They cannot access it by URL, but they can access it by IP address. Which of the following protocols is MOST likely causing this issue? A. DNS B. DHCP C. HTTPS D. SFTP

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When attempting to diagnose service access issues between multiple hosts that coordinate information, which of the following can be used to track dependencies? A. Dataflow diagrams B. Architecture diagrams C. Baseline documentation D. Service manuals

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When cabling a rack, which of the following is BEST practice? A. Use rack specific cabling hardware B. Let cables hang loosely behind the servers C. Channel all power cables down the sides, and all network cables down the center D. Keep cables close to the front of the rack for better access

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When running a Windows server, which option is used with the ping command to define the number of packets transmitted? A. -n B. -a C. -r D. -v

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When using multifactor authentication, which of the following describes something you have? A. An ID card B. A PIN C. A fingerprint D. An access list

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Which of the following BEST describes RAID 10? A. Mirroring with striping B. Mirroring with fault tolerance C. Striping D. Striping with distributed parity

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Which of the following BEST describes RAID 1? A. Mirroring B. Striping C. Striping with parity D. Striping with mirroring

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Which of the following RAID levels supports fault tolerance by writing parity to only one drive in the array? A. RAID 3 B. RAID 5 C. RAID 6 D. RAID 10

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Which of the following access control methods allows or blocks devices based on MAC addresses? A. Port security B. ACL C. Host IDS D. Network IDS

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Which of the following are the MOST appropriate permissions to set on files required to be publicly accessible but only modified by the file's original owner? A. rw-rw-r-- B. r--r--r-- C. rwxrwxr-- D. rwxrwxr-x

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Which of the following cable types can be used to decrease susceptibility to electronic eavesdropping? A. Fiber optic B. Fast Ethernet C. Coaxial D. Thicknet

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Which of the following can limit cabling mistakes? A. Proper labeling B. Asset management C. Keeping good vendor logs D. Keeping up-to-date repair logs

A

Which of the following describes a root cause analysis? A. Identify the circumstances that initiated the problem. B. Replicate the problem in a test environment. C. List necessary corrective actions for the problem. D. Confirm the theory of probable cause.

A

Which of the following devices should be installed BEFORE installing a server's operating system locally? A. Hard drive B. Chipset C. NIC D. Optical drive

A

Which of the following expansion cards should be installed into a server to provide fiber channel SAN connectivity? A. HBA B. USB C. UAC D. NIC

A

Which of the following hypervisors is physically installed on a server? A. Type 1 B. Type 2 C. VDI D. Hybrid

A

Which of the following is a benefit of using raised floors with specially configured tiles in a server room? A. To provide for heat dissipation using forced air through the sub-floor. B. To provide for liquid cooling systems through the sub-floor. C. To provide a location for baffles or shrouds in the sub-floor. D. To provide a location for redundant power supplies in the sub-floor.

A

Which of the following is an advantage of blade servers over rack-mount servers? A. Reduced power consumption B. Enhanced virtualization support C. Decreased number of servers per rack D. Increased security

A

Which of the following is the MOST complex way to directly reduce heat for computing components? A. Liquid cooling units B. Integrated high RPM fans C. Directed airflow with baffles D. Hot aisle/cold aisle

A

Which of the following is the MOST energy efficient way of powering equipment within a datacenter with a large UPS battery bank? A. 48V DC B. 120V single-phase C. 240VAC 3-phase D. 480V 3-phase

A

Which of the following is the MOST important consideration before making a change to a server? A. Explore the ramification of the change before implementation. B. Determine the service level agreement in place before implementation. C. Review the equipment disposal procedures and policies before implementation. D. Notify all staff members of the planned system outage before implementation.

A

Which of the following media types allows for the ability to make data written to the media permanent? A. LTO WORM tape B. DVD-RW disk C. CD-RW disk D. LTO tape

A

Which of the following multifactor authentication methods does the smart card satisfy? A. Something you have B. Something you know C. Something you are D. Something you look like

A

Which of the following protocols can be used to query for host, user, and group information for clients? A. LDAP B. DNS C. DHCP D. SNMP E. SCP

A

Which of the following protocols is used primarily for monitoring and managing network devices? A. SNMP B. SMTP C. FTPS D. NTP

A

Which of the following server types requires the LARGEST amount of available hard drive space? A. Database server B. Remote access server C. Print server D. Directory server

A

While performing routine testing of a hot standby site located at a remote hosting center, a system administrator is unable to access one of the server operating systems to verify functionality. Which of the following is MOST applicable to access the host? A. KVM over IP B. RDP over HTTP C. Secure shell D. Serial console access E. VNC

A

While working in the server room a technician notices that water is forming on the walls of the server room. Which of the following is the BEST course of action to correct the problem? A. Contact facilities staff to adjust the humidity levels. B. Leave the temperature the same, after time it will evaporate on its own. C. Lower the temperature, the cold air will help the water evaporate. D. Contact facilities staff to raise the temperature of the room.

A

A company hires a third-party vendor to perform a vulnerability scan of the network from outside the network. Which of the following pieces of information will be included in the scan results? (Choose two.) A. List of open ports B. List of OS patches to install C. Date of installed virus definitions D. List of server BIOS passwords E. List of firmware versions

A,B

A server is having problems accessing its presented storage on a SAN. Which of the following could be causing the problem? (Select TWO). A. NIC B. HBA C. Tape backup drive D. SCSI adapter E. CPU

A,B

A server prompts Ann, a user, to reset her logon password. The next time Ann tries to log onto the server, she cannot remember her new password. After several failed attempts, Ann receives a message that she cannot attempt to log on again without the help of an administrator. Which of the following should an administrator do to remedy this issue? (Choose two.) A. Reset Ann's password B. Unlock Ann's account C. Reboot the server D. Recreate Ann's profile E. Check Ann's profile F. Verify Ann's ACL

A,B

A technician is logged into the network through VPN. Which of the following utilities can be used to connect to a server to verify a process is running? (Choose two.) A. RDP B. SSH C. DNS D. LDAP E. Bash F. ping

A,B

An administrator wants to use a PowerShell cmdlet to find the running services on a Windows server. Which of the following are PowerShell cmdlet commands that will accomplish this task? (Choose two.) A. get-process B. get-service C. netstat D. get-wmiobject -class win32_service E. ipconfig

A,B

An email administrator is tasked to set up a Linux mail server. One of the requirements is to close all ports except SSH, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4. Which of the following commands should be used to see which ports are currently open on the email server? (Choose two.) A. lsof B. netstat C. ipconfig D. traceroute E. ping F. dig

A,B

An email administrator is tasked to setup a Linux mail server. One of the requirements is to close all ports except SSH, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4. Which of the following commands should be used to see which ports are currently open on the mail server? (Select TWO). A. lsof B. netstat C. ipconfig D. traceroute E. ping F. dig

A,B

At the time of implementing a solution, it is important to: (Choose two.) A. make one change at a time and confirm resolution B. reverse the change if the problem is not resolved, and implement a new change C. immediately call an employee with more experience in problem resolution D. continue implementing new changes until the problem is resolved E. perform a root cause analysis

A,B

The last available backup is from 12 months ago. Which of the following should an administrator perform prior to applying a critical application patch to a guest OS? (Choose two.) A. Full backup B. Database snapshot C. Incremental backup D. Virtual machine snapshot E. File system copy

A,B

A company's legal and regulatory departments have drafted a new policy in which emails must be retained for no longer than three years. Which of the following locations should an administrator configure when complying with the new policy? (Select THREE). A. Local workstations B. Backup tapes C. Domain controllers D. Email server E. SMTP gateway F. Proxy server

A,B,D

A server administrator is notified of an OS hot fix for a production server. Which of the following BEST represent how the hot fix should be applied? (Choose two.) A. The hot fix should be applied after testing in a non-production environment B. The hot fix should be applied when it is released from the vendor C. The hot fix should be applied after following proper change management procedures D. The hot fix should be applied after testing in a production environment E. The hot fix should be applied once it has been superseded

A,C

Which of the following is a bus mastering method? (Select TWO). A. A device transfers data directly to the memory. B. A device handles mediation between the northbridge and the processor. C. A device connects to another device without involving the processor. D. A device transfers data to the processor and then on to the memory. E. A device handles mediation between the southbridge and the processor.

A,C

An administrator would like to determine what port and services are running locally on a server. Which of the following Windows command lines and shell tools should the administrator use? (Select THREE). A. get-services B. show ports C. sc query D. netstat E. vmstat F. show services

A,C,D

A server has 500GB of data that must be backed up nightly. The administrator has upgraded the old LTO2 drive to an LTO3, but the data still will not fit on a single tape. Which of the following additional steps should the administrator perform to accommodate the data? (Select TWO). A. Enable compression on the new drive B. Reformat all tapes C. Delete unnecessary system files D. Purchase LTO3 tapes for use in the new drive E. Purchase new backup software

A,D

A technician is asked to troubleshoot a hardware alert on a server. The server is up and running and all users can access their data. Which of the following could the technician use to find the failed component? (Select TWO). A. LEDs B. Dataflow diagram C. Power supply tester D. LCD messages E. Cabling diagram

A,D

After a virus outbreak, which of the following can be used to deploy a hotfix in a Microsoft environment? (Select TWO). A. WSUS B. Terminal services C. Remote management cards D. Group policy E. SNMP

A,D

After installing the operating system on a new server, which of the following best practices should be completed before joining the server to the domain? (Choose two.) A. Create a configuration and performance baseline B. Give the server a non-standard hostname so it is not recognized C. Install all roles and applications that may be needed D. Ensure all latest security patches are installed E. Detach network cables and ensure power is on redundant PDUs

A,D

An administrator has purchased monitoring software that can be configured to alert administrators when hardware and applications are having issues. All devices are configured with SNMP, but the administrator wants to further secure the SNMP traffic. Which of the following settings would BEST provide additional monitoring security? (Select TWO). A. Setting up a custom community name B. Configuring the network to block traffic on port 161 C. Configuring the Windows Firewall to block port 161 D. Setting SNMP to read only on the devices E. Installing new MIBs

A,D

An administrator is required to backup 250GB nightly utilizing a single LTO2 tape. The administrator reports that the tape drive is running out of available space before the job completes. Which of the following would allow the administrator to backup this data? (Select TWO). A. Enable compression on the LTO2 drive B. Utilize LTO3 tapes in the existing drive C. Reduce the amount of data on the backup D. Replace the LTO2 with LTO3 drive and tapes E. Divide the data and back up half one night and half the next

A,D

When a technician is given an iSCSI LUN, the server will be connected to which of the following? (Choose two.) A. SAN B. SATA C. SAS D. NAS E. SSD

A,D

When installing external SCSI devices, terminators are required on: (Select TWO) A. the SCSI adapter. B. each device. C. the first device. D. the last device. E. the servers parallel port.

A,D

Which of the following interfaces in Windows server can be used to add a new volume for storage? (Select TWO). A. Computer Management B. System Properties C. Device Manager D. Disk Management E. My Computer

A,D

Which of the following security measures would be MOST effective in a datacenter that experiences frequent power surges and spikes? (Choose two.) A. Security guards B. Numeric keypads C. Biometrics D. Access lists E. RFID chips

A,D

A server has a single, half height, PCI-X 3.3v slot available. Which of the following cards can fit in this slot? (Select THREE). A. Half Height, Universally Keyed PCI card B. Full Height, 3.3v PCI-X card C. Half Height, x16 PCI Express Card D. Half Height, 3.3v PCI card E. Half Height, Universally Keyed PCI-X card F. Full Height, Universally Keyed PCI card G. Half Height, x8 PCI Express Card

A,D,E

A datacenter systems administrator needs to install a new server within an existing rack. Which of the following components would the systems administrator need to physically install the server in the rack? (Choose two.) A. Rail kit B. Cable management C. UPS D. Network switch E. Fiber cables F. KVM

A,E

For client computers to access the Internet when using DHCP, the DHCP server must have configurations for at LEAST which of the following? (Select TWO). A. Gateway address B. SNA server C. Mail server D. Web server E. Subnet mask

A,E

Which of the following backup types will reset the archive bit? (Select TWO). A. Full B. Compressed C. Copy D. Differential E. Incremental

A,E

A blade chassis can hold 16 half-height blades or eight full-height blades. Which of the following is the MAXIMUM number of half-height blades that can be installed in the chassis if six full-height blades are already installed? A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 16

B

A blade server chassis has two power supplies. Which of the following is a benefit of a technician connecting each power supply to a separate UPS unit? A. Quality of service B. Fault tolerance C. Traffic shaping D. Load balancing

B

A blade server indicates it has a failed hard disk in Slot 0. This is the third instance of Slot 0 disk failure in three months. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the failed hard disk in Slot 0? A. Host bus adapter B. Backplane C. Network interface card D. Central Processing Unit

B

A company has had problems with their HVAC system being able to cool their datacenter as they have grown. Which of the following could BEST be used to help reduce the load on the HVAC system? A. Replacing the CAT5 cables with CAT6 cables B. Replacing traditional racks with water cooled racks C. Turning off non-critical application servers during non-business hours D. Taking the second power supplies out of non-critical servers

B

A company's computer policy dictates that all users workstations must use the company's corporate web page as their default home page. Which of the following methods should an administrator use to BEST comply with this policy? A. Configure a logon script to set the homepage at logon. B. Set the default homepage to the corporate website in Group Policy. C. Manually configure the homepage on all workstations and setup trace logs to ensure compliance. D. Set the default homepage to the corporate website on the base computer image.

B

A customer reports their mail can send emails but not receive them. A technician arrives on-site to troubleshoot the issue. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician do FIRST? A. Identify changes to the server B. Establish a theory of probable cause C. Escalate the problem to a manager D. Perform a root cause analysis

B

A new file server is added to an existing network. Some users are able to connect to this server, while others are not. A partial network configuration on the server shows the following: Link local: fe80::3000:aff:dea6:f8c/64 Which of the following BEST explains why some users cannot connect to the server? A. The users' workstations are configured to use DHCP. B. The users' workstations do not support IPv6. C. The users' workstations are not on the same network as the server. D. The user's workstations are configured with an incorrect subnet mask.

B

A new server has a battery-backed RAID controller built onto the motherboard. Which of the following will occur if the RAID controller fails? A. The array configuration information will be lost. B. The battery will provide enough power to save the array information. C. All data stored on the array is lost. D. The array will continue to function in a degraded state.

B

A new server was installed. Most clients are located in the same subnet as the server and can successfully access the server. Clients located on different subnets have been unable to access the server, but have no trouble accessing other servers on their subnet. Which of the following is the reason that these clients are unable to access the server? A. DHCP has assigned the wrong addresses. B. Incorrect default gateway on the server. C. DNS entries were not created. D. WINS server is not responding.

B

A new version of the primary OS used by a company has been released. Due to some significant changes in the OS, a system administrator wants to see which remotely accessible services are enabled by default to access the security risk prior to upgrading to the new version. Which of the following utilities should the administrator use? A. Cipher program B. Port scanner C. Telnet client D. Packet sniffer

B

A new version of the primary operating system used by a company has been released. Due to some significant changes in the OS, a system administrator wants to see which remotely accessible services are enabled by default to assess the security risk prior to upgrading to the new version. Which of the following utilities should the administrator use? A. Cipher program B. Port scanner C. Telnet client D. Packet sniffer

B

A number of users are indicating that access to a network file server is responding very slowly when reading or writing to the share. The server administrator notes that a drive has failed in a four-disk RAID 5 array. The array is running in a degraded state because no hot spare was configured. After replacing the failed disk, which of the following steps would be BEST to take to prevent slow response after a drive failure? A. Add a drive to the array, but do not configure it as a hot spare. B. Add an additional hard drive, and convert the volume to a RAID 6 configuration. C. Add an additional hard drive, and convert the volume to a RAID 10 configuration. D. Add a drive to the array, and configure it as a cold spare.

B

A power loss during a firmware update would MOST likely result in which of the following? A. Increased heat output B. Damage of the hardware C. Loss of storage data D. Decreased performance

B

A server administrator recently upgraded a three-year-old server by replacing the old CPU and memory with a new CPU and memory. After the upgrade, the server regularly generates CPU and memory errors; however, the server is working. The administrator has confirmed the new CPU and memory are not faulty. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem? A. Bad motherboard B. Outdated BIOS and firmware C. Outdated RAID controller D. Bad memory and CPU chipset

B

A server administrator wants to upgrade the memory of the server using two memory modules. The server has two banks of memory with the following slots available: A2, A3, A4, B2, B3, and B4. In which of the following two slots should the administrator install the additional RAM? A. Slots A2 and A3 B. Slots A2 and B2 C. Slots A2 and B4 D. Slots B2 and B3

B

A server has been assigned a role of mail server. Which of the following services will be installed as a result of this selection? A. SNMP B. SMTP C. TCP D. DHCP E. SFTP

B

A server has rebooted early in the morning on the second Wednesday of each month for the past three months. No one was logged into the server at the time of the reboots, and there was no planned maintenance on any of the mornings in question. Which of the following is a server technician likely to inspect FIRST to determine the cause of the reboots? A. System event logs B. Update settings C. Maintenance settings D. Security event logs

B

A server has two power supplies. If power is lost to the second power supply, which of the following will occur? A. The server will gracefully shut down B. The server will remain in operation C. The automatic transfer switch will bring in generator power D. The UPS will exceed maximum load

B

A server is rebooted after maintenance. Upon reboot, the video display reports it cannot find the boot loader. Which of the following should the administrator check FIRST? A. The server has a power surge B. The BIOS boot sequence is incorrect C. The server is overheating D. The boot loader is incompatible with the server

B

A server technician has just installed a server with several roles. The technician then launches a command prompt, runs the netstat command, and notices the server is listening on the following ports: 88, 389, 464, 3268, and 3269. Which of the following server roles is MOST likely installed on this server, given the ports above? A. Database server B. Directory server C. Mail server D. Web server

B

A server technician has just replaced an Ethernet card in a server. Per company policy, all servers' network settings must be manually configured. The technician verified that the server can ping other servers on its subnet, but it cannot ping any servers that are on subnets other than its own. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this issue? A. The server is not joined to the domain B. The default gateway is misconfigured C. The subnet mask is misconfigured D. The WINS is misconfigured

B

A server technician is notified that Linux web services are no longer accessible. The technician is at a remote site only has access to a Windows workstation. Which of the following should the technician use to remotely restart the web services? A. Connect to the server using SSH B. Connect to the server using RDP C. Connect to the server using SCP D. Connect to the server using FTPS

B

A server technician is procuring rail kits for a 2U rack mount server. Company policy dictates all rail kits must allow full extension of the system out of the rack. Given these requirements, which of the following rail kit types should the technician obtain? A. Static rail kit B. Sliding rail kit C. Rail kit ears D. Sliding shelf rails

B

A server technician is updating the operating system on a server. Currently, the server is running the following services: DHCP WINS DNS HTTP The updated server will be used to allow clients to access Web services, resolve host names to IP addresses for mobile iOS clients, and provide network access to thin clients running a Linux operating system. Which of the following services can be removed? A. DHCP B. WINS C. DNS D. HTTP

B

A server technician needs to access a remote Unix server for administration. The technician has requested that ports 23, 25, and 161 be opened on the router. After the ports are opened, the technician is still unable to connect to the Unix server. Which of the following ports should be opened on the server to allow for remote administration? A. TCP 21 B. TCP 22 C. UDP 69 D. TCP 3389

B

A server technician wishes to buy the best possible server for RAID 5. Which of the following types of servers is BEST suited for RAID 5? A. Tower servers B. Redundant servers C. Blade servers D. Stand-alone servers

B

A server with a large amount of storage but not necessarily a very fast CPU would be BEST suited for which of the following applications? A. DNS server B. File server C. DHCP server D. Proxy server

B

A server with a number of graphics cards installed was recently upgraded with additional graphics cards. Once the server is started, the system powers off unexpectedly. Prior to the upgrade, the server was stable and exhibited no odd behavior. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem? A. The card device drivers are out of date and need to be updated. B. The power supply cannot handle the additional power for the new cards. C. The operating system does not recognize the new cards. D. The cards are not compatible with the other server hardware.

B

A storage administrator needs to connect a server to a storage array shared by 12 other servers. Which of the following interface types could be used to accomplish this connection? A. Fibre Channel B. SAS C. USB D. SCSI

B

A stripe set of maximum size is to be configured using two physical disks. One disk has 150GB and the other has 250GB in unallocated space. Which of the following will be the size of the stripe set? A. 150GB B. 300GB C. 400GB D. 500GB

B

A system administrator is tasked to set up a file server. The file server must be able to support access control lists and logging for auditing purposes. To meet these requirements, with which of the following file system types should the administrator format the file system? A. SMB B. NTFS C. VMFS D. CIFS

B

A system administrator is tasked to setup a database server with failover clustering feature enabled. One of the requirements is to have one database running at all times with data being synchronized and replicated to the idle database in case the primary database server fails. Both servers will be monitored by a witness on a LUN. Which of the following cluster techniques should be implemented to meet these requirements? A. Active/Active B. Active/Passive C. Single Local Quorum D. Passive/Passive E. Shared Multiple Quorum

B

A system administrator needs to directly control a server that has no network connectivity. Which of the following should be used to accomplish this? A. SSH B. KVM C. RDP D. iLO/iDRAC

B

A systems administrator is installing a new software package on a server. The software has many dependencies. Which of the following would be the BEST solution for the systems administrator to take to ensure there is no downtime with the installation of this software package? A. Deploy the software to production B. Deploy the software in a sandbox C. Uninstall the application software D. Uninstall the software updates

B

A systems administrator is tasked to add an existing user to an existing group on a local Linux system. Which of the following files should be edited to accomplish this task? A. /etc/group file B. /etc/passwd file C. /etc/hosts file D. /etc/group_membership file

B

A technician has a server with ten hard drives in a RAID 6 configuration. Which of the following is the MAXIMUM number of drives that can fail in the array while maintaining data integrity? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

B

A technician is configuring a new server on the network. The technician wants the server to be a default gateway for network devices. Which of the following should the technician use to BEST provide the server with the proper IP address? A. A static IP address outside of the DHCP scope B. A static IP address with a scope reservation C. A dynamic IP address assigned by the DHCP server D. An IP address that can be publicly routed

B

A technician is installing a rack mounted server into a rack in a datacenter with CRAC units and blanking panels. Blanking panels are used to: A. lower the UPS power requirements. B. limit airflow leakage in the rack. C. limit the amount of servers that will fit into the rack. D. color match the server color.

B

A technician is installing a server using a two-channel RAID controller, using RAID1 for the first channel and RAID5 for the second channel. If the technician has six 1TB disks total, how will this configuration look? A. One disk RAID1, five disks RAID5 B. Two disks RAID1, four disks RAID5 C. Three disks RAID1, three disks RAID5 D. Four disks RAID1, two disks RAID5

B

A technician is responsible for overseeing twelve remote offices. There was a report of a power outage at one of the remote offices the night before, and now one of the servers there has not rebooted even though it was shut down gracefully. The technician was forced to travel two hours just to turn the server on. Which of the following is the MOST cost effective way to prevent future travel? A. Install a generator onsite. B. Install a remote management card in the server. C. Install an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) onsite. D. Move the server to the main office.

B

A technician is selecting a UPS to use with a blade enclosure containing five blades with room for an additional seven blades. The blade enclosure is currently consuming 2500W of power, and each additional blade will need 200W of power. Assuming runtime to be less than a minute, which of the following is the MINIMUM amount of UPS wattage needed for the blade enclosure with all blades installed? A. 3500W B. 4000W C. 4500W D. 5000W

B

A technician is setting up a server with a RAID 1 array for the boot partition and a RAID 5 array for the data partition. Which of the following is the MINIMUM number of disks needed to implement these partitions? A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

B

A technician is tasked by an administrator to patch a virtual machine. The technician needs to ensure that in case of failure, recovery of the virtual machine will be possible. Which of the following recovery principles should the technician employ? A. Incremental B. Snapshot C. Bare metal D. Selective

B

A technician is tasked with connecting a server to a NAS. Which of the following connection types should be used? A. HBA B. Ethernet C. Fiber Fabric D. Multiplexer

B

A technician is tasked with providing network-based high availability to a pair of identical web servers. Which of the following minimum server NIC configurations fulfills these requirements? A. Two physical NICs per server: one NIC configured for multicast and one for broadcast. B. One physical NIC per server: each individual NIC configured for network load balancing. C. Two physical NICs per server: one NIC for network traffic, and one for web traffic. D. One physical NIC per server: each NIC configured with the same MAC and IP address.

B

A technician needs to install another PCle NIC in a server. The server currently has four fully populated PCle slots. Which of the following must the technician install before installing the card? A. Install a virtual NIC B. Install a riser card C. Install a daughtercard D. Install a KVM

B

A telephone company is responsible for maintaining a list of 25 million names and phone numbers for inclusion in printed phone books as well as in an inline phone directory accessible on the company's website. Which of the following types of servers would be MOST appropriate to store its information? A. Web server B. Directory server C. File server D. Database server

B

A user calls the system administrator and states that they can no longer access the file server they had been working on all morning. To troubleshoot this problem, which step should the administrator take FIRST? A. Reboot the file server. B. Ask the user what they were doing when they noticed the problem. C. Ask the user to reboot their PC. D. Ask the user to ping the default gateway and report the response times back to the administrator.

B

A user in the accounting department reports that print jobs are not printing. A user in the software development department also cannot print to the same printer, but can print to two other printers on different print servers. Which of the following should be the administrator's FIRST step? A. Determine whether the server is out of virtual memory. B. Check whether the print spooler service has started. C. Reboot the print server. D. Have the users reboot their workstations.

B

A user is reporting that access to a file server is much slower than it has been. The system administrator completes a test of the server using a system monitoring tool and compares it to the previously taken baseline. The comparison shows that there are no significant changes in the use of system resources. Which of the following actions should be taken to resolve this users problem? A. Add additional RAM to the users PC B. Troubleshoot the users PC C. Add additional RAM to the server D. Add additional hard drive space to the server

B

A user is unable to save a new presentation to the network U:\ drive. The error message indicates that there is no available space. Other users in the department are not experiencing any problems saving to the U:\ drive. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. The user does not have permissions to use the U:\ drive. B. The user's disk quota has been exceeded on the U:\drive. C. The user's local drive is out of space. D. The user does not have the U:\ drive mapped.

B

A user receives the following error message when attempting to log into a server: Username or password is invalid. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST to fix the problem? A. Install OS patches B. Learn of any recent changes to the system C. Attempt to replicate the issue D. Restore the system from backups

B

After applying a new driver to a NIC, the server reboots and fails to restart. Which of the following is the BEST way to resolve the problem? A. Boot using recovery console and restore the previous driver. B. Boot the server, press F8 and access last known good configuration. C. Restore the server using last backup tape. D. Boot the server with ASR option.

B

After installing a second processor and corresponding heatsink into a server, an administrator notices that the new processor is not showing up during POST. Which of the following could be the cause of this issue? A. The power supply is not sufficient to power the server. B. The voltage regulator module (VRM) was not installed. C. The IRQ setting was not set. D. The DMA setting was not set.

B

After starting an operating system installation from DVD, a system administrator goes to work on another task and comes back to find the server back at the installation start screen. Which of the following should be done to correct this problem? A. Try installation again with a different DVD. B. Modify the device boot order in the BIOS. C. Monitor the operating system installation process completely this time. D. Swap the hard drive with a known working one.

B

An administrator has a UPS rated at 200 amps per hour. Which of the following is the maximum runtime of this UPS when hooked up to a server drawing 400 amps per hour? A. 15 minutes B. 30 minutes C. 60 minutes D. 120 minutes

B

An administrator has been given a CIDR/22 IP address block and needs to assign addresses to a multiple of virtual workstations. Which of the following servers will MOST likely perform this task? A. DNS server B. DHCP server C. RAS D. WINS server

B

An administrator identifies that a server is shutting down. The administrator powers up the server and OS loads but after a few minutes it powers down again. Which of the following is the cause? A. Redundant power supply failure B. CPU overheating C. Memory failure D. Hard disk failure

B

An administrator is attempting an OS upgrade on a VM disk that is stored on a SAN. In the event of a failure, the administrator wants to ensure the system can return to a working state in the shortest amount of time possible. Which of the following backup methods would BEST accomplish this? A. A storage-level snapshot made on the SAN B. A full file-system backup stored on the SAN C. A full file-system backup stored on an LTO tape D. A system recovery point made with the OS E. A bit-level image stored on an SSD in the VM host

B

An administrator is connecting a laptop to administer a switch using an Ethernet cable, which works on a PC to a wall jack. The switch is functioning, but the administrator is unable to establish a connection with the switch. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue? A. The switch is faulty B. The port is faulty C. The cable is a rollover cable D. The cable is a straight-through cable

B

An administrator is installing a 2U server from a remote location in a rack with 4U of available rack space. The administrator prepares the rack to accept the server. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? A. Not enough physical space B. Mismatched rail kits C. Wrong cable management arms D. Broken rack rails

B

An administrator is installing a new OS on a brand new server. The administrator cannot bring a monitor or keyboard into the datacenter. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to use to configure the OS? A. Integrated lights out manager B. Remote desktop protocol C. Virtual network computing D. Keyboard - video - mouse

B

An administrator is setting up a new mail server on the network and wants to open necessary ports to allow POP3 protocol for mail delivery. Which of the following ports should be opened in the internal and external firewalls? A. 101 B. 110 C. 123 D. 161

B

An administrator needs to back up files from a server to the cloud. The administrator must select the most efficient type of backup technology that will update file changes the fastest and utilize the least amount of bandwidth. Which of the following backup technologies should the administrator select? A. File-level backups B. Block-level backups C. Snapshot-level backups D. Folder-level backups

B

An administrator needs to control servers locally via a console. The administrator wants a rack mounted solution for easy access. Which of the following should be installed? A. iDRAC B. KVM C. ILO D. RDP

B

An administrator notes that after a recent power outage, some open files were corrupted on one affected file server. Which of the following items should the administrator consider to determine the cause of this corruption? A. The servers memory B. The servers RAID controller battery C. The servers processor D. The servers NIC teaming configuration

B

An administrator purchases a new server, which contains only one Xeon processor. This server is also known as a: A. load balancing server. B. multicore server. C. redundant server. D. single-core server.

B

An administrator receives a call from a user who is unable to receive email. After checking the workstation and email settings the administrator is still not able to determine the problem. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the administrator should take? A. Create an action plan. B. Escalate the issue. C. Reboot the mail server. D. Document the solution.

B

An auditor wants to reduce the server footprint in a company's remote datacenter to decrease hosting costs. Regarding life-cycle management, which if the following is the auditor MOST likely to look for in reviewing the company's asset data? A. Make, model, asset tag, and serial number B. Procurement date, current usage, and scheduled end of life C. Licensing, warranty expiration date, and efficiency D. Server configuration, MTBF, and replacement cost

B

An employee is working from home and has to dial into the system. The employee is able to connect to the network but is unable to authenticate. Which of the following is MOST likely offline? A. Router B. RADIUS server C. DHCP server D. Firewall

B

An older server has performance problems writing files to a RAID array. After checking for failed drives, no problems are found. Which of the following should be checked NEXT? A. The cooling system B. The cache battery C. The hard drive tray D. The hard drive cables

B

An outside contractor is hired to perform a business impact analysis of a simulated disaster. The contractor asks stakeholders what they think a hurricane would do to the business. This is an inadequate method because: A. the question is related to disaster recovery, not impact analysis B. the question is subjective and does not represent a complete business impact analysis C. it is impossible to perform an impact of anything simulated D. hurricanes vary in intensity, so the business impact is always unknown

B

Employees working for a company were harmed by toxic fumes during a fire. To prevent this from reoccurring, which of the following cable types is SAFEST to use? A. CAT6 cables B. Plenum cables C. Fiber cables D. Coaxial cables

B

For a technician to test network connectivity to a remote host on a Unix Server which of the following commands should they run? A. IPCONFIG B. PING C. ARP D. IFCONFIG

B

Highly classified data is being shared on a company network. The systems administrator needs to ensure the data is safe and only necessary personnel can access it. Which of the following protocols would be BEST to use for this type of data to be shared? A. SSH B. SCP C. NTP D. FTP

B

In a workgroup, all of the following steps are required for a DHCP server EXCEPT: A. activate the scopes. B. authorize the server. C. configure the scopes. D. install DHCP service.

B

The logs on a server in a datacenter indicate that the server unexpectedly shut down minutes after the night cleaning crew started their shift. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the shut down? A. A hard disk on the server failed. B. A power surge occurred. C. The CPU on the server overheated. D. A memory module on the server failed.

B

The purpose of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) is to: A. replace Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) as a domain management tool in Windows Server 2013 B. complement authentication and access management features of AD DS C. complement authentication and access management features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) D. replace Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) in Windows Server 2013

B

The shortest time to recovery method in the event of a complete datacenter failure is to utilize a: A. warm site. B. hot site. C. cold site. D. private cloud. E. hybrid cloud.

B

Two technicians are asked to install a 6U server at location U25 in a 40U server rack. The rack has been properly stabilized to the floor. Which of the following tools would BEST be used to install the server? A. A static strap. B. A server lift. C. A PDU. D. A UPS.

B

Users in the accounting department report that they are unable to access a shared network drive used by all departments. Upon troubleshooting, a technician determines that three users in the marketing department, two in sales, five in human resources, and ten in IT are all successfully accessing the shared network drive. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue? A. Corrupt user profiles B. Incorrect NTFS group permissions C. The share is unsecured D. Excessive page filing on server

B

When an administrator is troubleshooting a system, which of the following describes the NEXT course of action if a change does not solve the problem? A. Establish a new theory of probable cause. B. Reverse the change. C. Implement the next logical change. D. Perform a root cause analysis.

B

When running a Windows server, which option is used with the ping command to convert numerical addresses to host names? A. -r B. -a C. -v D. -n

B

Which of the following RAID configurations consists of mirrored disks? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 6

B

Which of the following actions will prevent a driver from being reinstalled automatically? A. Run the disable command. B. Disable the device using Device Manager. C. Review manufacturer manual. D. Reboot the server, logon in Safe Mode, uninstall the driver.

B

Which of the following backup methods should be used nightly to ensure backups capture all necessary data in the LEAST amount of time? A. Daily B. Incremental C. Normal D. Differential

B

Which of the following commands displays the network path between two devices? A. ping B. tracert C. netstat D. route

B

Which of the following components is required to connect multiple servers to a SAN? A. Router B. HBA C. RAID controller D. Fiber switch

B

Which of the following concepts is described as multiple logical subnets traversing the same physical network? A. DHCP B. VLANs C. DMZ D. VPNs

B

Which of the following defines memory interleaving? A. The distribution of data written across all the memory DIMMs and the L1 cache B. The distribution of data written across all the memory DIMMs in one bank C. The distribution of data written across all the memory DIMMs and the processor D. The distribution of data written across all the memory DIMMs and the L2 cache

B

Which of the following graphically depicts the movement of information within a system? A. Site survey diagram B. Dataflow diagram C. Architectural diagram D. Network diagram

B

Which of the following internal storage devices has the GREATEST storage capacity and is WORM media? A. CD-RW B. CD-R C. DVD-RW D. Flash

B

Which of the following is BEST described as a storage system that can be connected to multiple servers through a fiber channel? A. JBOD B. SAN C. DAS D. NAS

B

Which of the following is a reason to have a remote cold site readily available in case of a disaster in the primary datacenter? A. It provides a company with a redundant location that mirrors the primary datacenter hardware but requires no data restoration. B. It provides a company with a backup location to install the necessary equipment to restore critical services. C. It provides a company with a backup location equipped with resources necessary for immediate restoration of critical services. D. It provides a company with a redundant location that mirrors the primary datacenter hardware and data.

B

Which of the following is a standard IEEE 1394 transmission speed? A. 100Mbps B. 400Mbps C. 480Mbps D. 1000Mbps

B

Which of the following is an SLA? A. A document stating the impact analysis of a nonfunctional server. B. A contract that details the device replacement time frames. C. A contract that details the correct equipment disposal laws. D. A statement of compliance with local laws and regulations.

B

Which of the following is an environmental server maintenance task that should be performed every three months? A. Replace the rubber mats in the server room B. Clean the servers to limit dust buildup C. Wash the outside of the servers D. Replace the server fans

B

Which of the following is the MOST common problem that occurs in server rooms? A. Excessive cooling B. Dust buildup C. Poor ground wires D. Wet floors

B

Which of the following is the height of 1U of space in a server rack? A. 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) B. 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) C. 2 inches (5.1 cm) D. 3 inches (7.6 cm)

B

Which of the following is the purpose of an NTP server? A. For hosting instant messaging applications B. For synchronizing clocks on network devices C. For file sharing and collaboration D. For hosting newsgroups

B

Which of the following memory technologies has the HIGHEST cost to implement? A. ECC B. RAID C. Pairing D. Registered

B

Which of the following memory types is located in the processor chip? A. EDO B. L1 C. xD D. DDR

B

Which of the following methods should be used when classified or sensitive data is stored on a server? A. Directory encryption B. Whole disk encryption C. File encryption D. Partition encryption

B

Which of the following ports does a telnet application utilize? A. 21 B. 23 C. 80 D. 443

B

Which of the following protocols is responsible for the resolution of IP addresses to MAC addresses? A. DHCP B. ARP C. DNS D. RARP

B

Which of the following server types is commonly used for authentication and credential storage? A. File server B. Directory server C. Web server D. DNS server

B

Which of the following server types stores the list of network usernames and passwords required for authentication? A. File server B. Directory C. DHCP D. SNMP

B

Which of the following services provides users with directory services? A. IMAP B. LDAP C. SFTP D. DHCP E. DNS

B

Which of the following storage techniques would be BEST suited for distributing backups across a large LAN? A. NAT B. SAN C. BAE D. JBOD

B

Which of the following types of DNS records enables support for email? A. A B. MX C. PTR D. AAAA

B

Which of the following virtual network settings should be used if the IP addresses of the host is to be shared with the virtual machine? A. NAT B. Bridged C. Host-only D. Custom virtual network

B

Which of the following would be an advantage to using a blade server as opposed to a rack mount server? A. Blade servers allow for internal tape drives B. Blade servers offer more rack density C. Blade servers are typically faster D. Blade servers allow for more RAM

B

While reviewing a network connectivity issue to a Linux server, the systems administrator issues the ifconfig command with the following results: eth0 Link encap:EthernetHWaddr00:30:48:9D:06:73 Inetaddr:192.168.0.100Bcast: 192.168.0.225Mask:225.225.225.0 BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1 According to the output above, which of the following is the problem? A. The adapter is in "BROADCAST" mode B. The adapter is not in an "UP" state C. The broadcast address is incorrect D. The netmask is incorrectly configured

B

A server has been operating normally for several months. Users suddenly begin reporting that the server is responding very slowly. Which of the following tools are the BEST choices for the administrator to use to troubleshoot the problem? (Choose two.) A. Disk defragmenter B. Resource monitor C. Event viewer D. Device manager E. System information F. File manager

B,C

A user is reporting lack of connectivity to the server. Which of the following tools will provide feedback to the administrator while troubleshooting basic IP connectivity? (Choose two.) A. net use B. ping C. traceroute D. mount E. telnet

B,C

An administrator has been asked to put together a JBOD. Which of the following interfaces supports redundant controller? (Choose two.) A. DVD B. SAS C. SATA D. SSD E. USB

B,C

An administrator is deploying 1000 new servers in a datacenter. A vendor will install the servers on racks and connect cables. Which of the following technologies would BEST for the administrator to use to install operating systems to all 1000 servers in the shortest time possible? (Select two.) A. SFTP B. TFTP C. PXE D. UDP E. USB F. DVD

B,C

In order for a server to fully function as a web server, which of the following default ports should be open? (Select TWO). A. 22 B. 80 C. 443 D. 445 E. 631 F. 8080

B,C

Which of the following authentication protocols could be used to authenticate network administrators at a datacenter to manage switches over a remote SSH connection? (Select TWO). A. LDAP B. TACACS C. RADIUS D. SNMP E. IPSec F. MSCHAP

B,C

While troubleshooting a video problem on an application server, the system administrator has determined that the video firmware should be updated. Which of the following sources should be used to locate an appropriate update for this hardware? (Select TWO). A. Third-party manufacturer B. Video chipset manufacturer C. Server manufacturer D. Operating system manufacturer E. Shareware file sharing site

B,C

Which of the following can be used to manage a servers BIOS remotely? (Select TWO). A. Remote desktop software B. Dedicated management card C. Telnet session D. IP KVM E. VPN

B,D

Which of the following storage technologies provides block-level data access to storage volumes and arrays? (Choose two.) A. Optical drive B. DAS C. NAS D. SAN E. CIFS F. NFS

B,D

Which of the following should a systems administrator create to enable network connectivity on a virtual machine? (Choose two.) A. A virtual network B. A virtual network adapter C. A virtual network storage D. An extra network card on the server E. A virtual switch

B,E

When configuring a DHCP server, which of the following can the administrator define for DHCP users? (Select THREE). A. Database server B. NTP server C. DHCP server D. SQL server E. DNS server F. Domain name

B,E,F

Which of the following default port numbers need to be open on a firewall for a mail server to successfully send and receive mail? (Choose three.) A. 22 B. 25 C. 53 D. 80 E. 110 F. 143 G. 161

B,E,F

A server has recently been configured as a network firewall. After the firewall was configured, users could no longer access a remote server. Which of the following, if properly configured on the firewall, will allow users to have secure access to the remote server? (Select TWO). A. Allow TCP port 21 B. Allow TCP port 22 C. Allow TCP port 23 D. Allow TCP port 25 E. Allow TCP port 161 F. Allow TCP port 3389

B,F

A blade server consumes 2000W at full power in a chassis that holds four power supplies. Which of the following is the MINIMUM amount of 900W power supplies needed to power the blade chassis? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

C

A certain rack mounted blade server chassis needs 3-phase power for operation. There is currently only single-phase power coming into the room. The administrator needs to: A. call an electrician to wire the single-phase power into 3-phase power. B. use a single-phase UPS to power the 3-phase server. C. call an electrician to see if 3-phase power can be brought into the room. D. use an adapter to configure the server to use single-phase power.

C

A clustered server goes offline due to a backplane failure. Which of the following clusters does not lose capacity when a server goes offline? A. An active-passive cluster B. A distributed cluster C. An active-active cluster D. A standby switch cluster

C

A company has 700 servers installed in 50 server racks in the datacenter. The Chief Technology Officer issued a memorandum to the IT department with a directive to reduce power and cooling consumptions by 50% in the datacenters. Which of the following should the system administrators recommend? A. Implement 208V 3-phase servers B. Implement hot aisle / cold aisle C. Virtualize the servers in the datacenter D. Replace each server with a blade server

C

A company is planning to replace old hardware and needs to budget accordingly. Which of the following is likely to contain a list of end of life servers? A. The server's warranty information. B. The server's life cycle schedule. C. The asset management database. D. The software licensing agreement.

C

A company utilizes the GFS backup standard. Which of the following describes this backup method? A. Greatest, Final, Sequential B. Full, Partial, Incremental C. Monthly, Weekly, Daily D. Full, Differential, Incremental

C

A company would like to upgrade an old server to a multi-processor box. The server currently has a single 3.0GHz 1Mb cache processor in it with a single empty socket. The only processor that is available from a manufacturer is a 3.0GHz 2Mb cache model. Which of the following is the BEST reason why this upgrade will not work? A. The socket size does not match B. The cache is from a different manufacturer C. The processors do not match D. Processors cannot be upgraded after server has been deployed

C

A datacenter has exceeded the load on the central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for the room and is causing power load problems. Additional power is available, but not using the central UPS. Which of the following is the BEST temporary solution for adding new servers until an upgrade of the central UPS can occur? A. Continue plugging into the central UPS, but put the UPS on bypass to avoid load problems. B. Plug the servers directly into the power that is not on the UPS. C. Add stand alone UPSs for new servers not wired off the central UPS. D. Continue plugging into the central UPS because the actual load supported is actually higher than stated.

C

A network administrator is tasked to set up zoning for a SAN infrastructure that requires redundancy. Which of the following types of hardware should the administrator implement? A. Multiple VLANs B. Multiple host nodes C. Multiple HBAs D. Multiple routers

C

A new server was installed for the purpose of monitoring network traffic. The network has been configured in such a way that all traffic will be mirrored out the port this server is connected to. When reviewing the network traffic logs on the server only traffic destined to the server is listed in the logs. Which of the following is preventing the server from seeing all network traffic? A. NIC filtering is enabled. B. Port security is configured. C. NIC is not in promiscuous mode. D. NIC is in promiscuous mode.

C

A remote technician is notified that a LED light for a server's hard drive is red. Which of the following should the technician check to verify RAID functionality? A. Network-based hardware administration B. Access control lists C. File system check D. Connectivity via a serial cable

C

A security administrator is investigating strange network behavior on a single VLAN that is used only by vendors. Which of the following tools would BEST allow the administrator to look at network traffic and investigate specific packets? A. Port scanner B. Cipher C. Sniffer D. Checksum

C

A server administrator has been given the following information from the network team in order to configure IP addresses on a new server: Network Address: 199.90.10.32/28 The network team also instructed the server administrator to use the LAST usable address on the given network. Which of the following IP address/subnet mask combinations should the server administrator use? A. 199.90.10.49, 255.255.255.240 B. 199.90.10.47, 255.255.255.224 C. 199.90.10.47, 255.255.255.240 D. 199.90.10.48, 255.255.255.240

C

A server administrator is configuring 10 web servers, each of which can contain up to four hard disks. To get the HIGHEST level of redundancy for these servers, the administrator should: A. configure using four disks in a RAID 0 array B. configure using four disks in a RAID 5 array C. configure using four disks in a RAID 6 array D. configure using four disks in a RAID 10 array

C

A server failed Thursday evening before the nightly backup. The backup scheme in place was full backups every Sunday, incremental backups on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and differential backups on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. To fully restore the server, which of the following is the LEAST amount of backup sets required? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

C

A server has a file share for each department. An auditor has discovered that all users have access to all of the departmental shared folders. Which of the following is the BEST solution to ensure users have access to the shared folders of only their department? A. Create security groups, add the users to the security groups according to their departments, and grant the security groups access to the file shares according to each department. B. Delete the shared folders and create new shared folders, and grant the users access to the shared folders according to their departments. C. Remove everyone from the shared folders, create a security group for each department, add the users to the security groups, and grant each security group access to its own shared folders. D. Remove everyone from the shared folders, grant full access to the IT administrators, and instruct the users to ask managers permission to be re-added to the shared folders according to their department.

C

A server has five hot swappable drives in a hardware RAID 5 configuration. One of those drives has issued a predictive failure warning to the server's management console. Which of the following is the BEST course of action? A. Replace the drive and restore data from backup B. Reformat the drive and restore data from backup C. Reformat the drive and have the RAID controller rebuild the configuration D. Replace the drive and have the RAID controller rebuild the configuration

C

A server is connected to a gigabit Ethernet switch and has negotiated 1Gbps / Full Duplex. When transferring large files to and from other servers on the segment via FTP slow performance is noticed. All network cabling, network hardware and server hardware were verified to be working correctly. Which of the following could be done to improve performance? A. Decrease the TCP window size. B. Increase the UDP window size. C. Increase the TCP window size. D. Decrease the UDP window size.

C

A server is installed in a location that is prone to power failures. While the server is connected to a UPS, the systems administrator is still concerned about ensuring the integrity of the data being written to the RAID array. Which of the following is the systems administrator MOST likely to do? A. Install additional memory on the RAID controller. B. Install redundant RAID controllers. C. Install battery-backed cache on the RAID controller. D. Install updated firmware on the RAID controller.

C

A server technician is configuring a remote site and must ensure an active-active, site-to-site replication is enabled to adhere to disaster recovery initiatives with little to no change between production and the remote site. Which of the following site types BEST represents the purpose of this remote site? A. Cold site B. Warm site C. Hot site D. Off-site

C

A server technician is tasked to replace a RAID controller battery on a server. The server technician has no prior experience replacing a RAID controller battery. Which of the following should the server technician do to obtain the required knowledge or procedures to replace the battery? A. Review software specifications B. Review architecture diagrams C. Review service manuals D. Review service logs

C

A system administrator is given a server with an existing OS installed and four empty SAS bays. The system administrator is asked to set up a new data drive for testing with 100GB of data. For the best possible performance, which of the following should the system administrator select for the data storage? A. SCSI B. SATA C. Solid state drive D. Flash drive

C

A system administrator notices that there is a low level of available storage space on a file server. Which of the following should be implemented to limit the amount of storage space users can utilize on the file server? A. Disk shadowing B. Disk compression C. Disk quota D. Disk indexing

C

A system technician is asked to create a test environment that will consist of 45 computers and a file server. Which of the following types of servers is BEST suited for IP management in the lab network? A. Domain Name Service B. Window Internet Naming Services C. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol D. Routing and Remote Access

C

A systems administrator backs up company data to the public cloud as part of a disaster recovery plan. Which of the following BEST describes this replication method? A. Disk-to-disk B. Server-to-client C. Site-to-site D. Peer-to-peer

C

A systems administrator creates a new file server. Before the users can access the server, which of the following must be done FIRST? A. Set up an iSCSI target B. Configure WWN on the SAN C. Join domain/directory D. Disable the firewall

C

A systems administrator needs to configure the company's web server to authenticate using PKI certificates. Which of the following servers would be queried to validate user credentials? A. DHCP server B. DNS server C. Certificate authority D. ACL on web server E. LDAP server

C

A systems administrator receives an email indicating a Windows user in finance cannot access the finance server remotely but is currently logged onto the network. Which of the following ports should be checked to determine if it is listening or open? A. FTP (20/21) B. DNS (53) C. RDP (3389) D. RDP (3893)

C

A systems administrator wants to run a report that will analyze a network's server performance at a specific point in time. Which of the following documents would be the best practice to create? A. Business impact analysis B. Network analysis C. Server baseline analysis D. network security analysis

C

A technician has access to a recent full backup. Data has changed since the last backup. Which of the following provides the fastest restore while minimizing backup size? A. Bare metal B. Full backup C. Differential backup D. Incremental backup

C

A technician has installed an additional CPU into a server, but now the server is failing to pass POST. After verifying the CPU speed and multiplier, which of the following does the technician need to check for potential causes? A. ECC B. CAS C. Stepping D. Bus size

C

A technician is configuring the IP networking portion on a server installation. Which of the following types of IP addresses would be BEST to use for this server? A. APIPA B. Dynamic C. Static D. Reserved

C

A technician is implementing a RAID 10 array on a server. Which of the following is the MINIMUM number of disks needed for this array? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

C

A technician is installing a 2U rack mount server. The necessary rack space height to accommodate the server is: A. 2.5 inches (.064 meter). B. 3.0 inches (.076 meter). C. 3.5 inches (.089 meter). D. 4.0 inches (.10 meter).

C

A technician is tasked with creating servers that are fault tolerant and highly available. Which of the following would be the BEST solution for this task? A. Load balancing B. Virtualization C. Clustering D. Round robin

C

A technician is troubleshooting a hardware issue with a blade. When the technician inserts the blade into a slot, the blade will not power up. The blade will power up, however, in another chassis that has the same configuration. The blade management software reports no issue with the chassis or with any other blades. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the blade not powering up? A. Chassis firmware B. Chassis power supply C. Slot in backplane D. Blade management module

C

A technician is upgrading the memory in a server. The server requires DDR3 Registered DIMMs. The server has four banks of three slots for memory and currently there is one 2GB module in each bank. When the technician attempts to add eight more 4GB modules of DDR3 unbuffered ECC memory, the memory does not fit in the slots. Which of the following is the cause of this issue? A. In a bank, 2GB and 4GB memory cannot be mixed. B. The server cannot use ECC memory. C. The server requires fully buffered memory. D. The total memory on the server cannot exceed 24GB of RAM.

C

A technician needs to install more add-on cards than there are available expansion slots. Which of the following would allow the technician to accomplish this? A. Backplane B. CPU daughterboard C. Riser card D. Array controller

C

A technician needs to install six blade servers. Which of the following MUST a technician install along with the blades? A. Blade rail kits B. Blade shelves C. Blade enclosure D. Blade station

C

A technician needs to replace a hot swap coolong fan in a server. The server resides at U26 of a 42U rack that is fully populated with servers. The technician is unable to remove the server from the rack without powering off the server first. Which of the following should have been installed at the time the server was installed in the rack? A. A UPS B. Cable management arms C. Server rail kits D. Management modules

C

A technician performs monthly backups on a file server to a NAS device that can hold 1TB of data. The size of the monthly backups has been as follows: Month 1 = 50GB Month 2 = 65GB Month 3 = 80GB Starting with Month 1, based on the current rate of growth, in how many months will the NAS run out of available storage space? A. 4 B. 5 C. 9 D. 11

C

A technician reads a hardware manufacturer's blog indicating a critical firmware update is available for the company's file server. Which of the following is the BEST course of action? A. Download and install a firmware update from a centralized server. B. Download the firmware update and test it on a VM. C. Download the firmware update and test it on a non-production server. D. Download the firmware update and immediately run it on the company's file server.

C

A technician reads a hardware manufacturer's blog indicating a critical firmware update is available for the company's file server. Which of the following is the BEST course of action? A. Download and install a firmware update from a centralized server. B. Download the firmware update and test it on a VM. C. Download the firmware update and test it on a non-production server. D. Download the firmware update and run it on the company's file server immediately.

C

A technician working in the datacenter has finished racking a new 4U server into a new rack. Which of the following should the technician do to allow for hot/cold aisle containment? A. Close the perforated floor tile in front of the new rack. B. Reset the rack temperature and humidity control. C. Install blanking panels in the rack. D. Lower the temperature of the data center HVAC.

C

A technician would like to restrict when internal hardware components on the server are accessed. Which of the following server hardening techniques should the technician implement? A. Intrusion detection B. BIOS password C. Chassis lock D. Disable WOL

C

A user is reporting that a large file upload is slower to one particular server compared to other servers on the same network. Which of the following might account for the difference in upload speed? A. The subnet mask is set incorrectly B. The server is configured using DHCP instead of a static address C. The duplex setting is set to half instead of full D. The server is using private addressing instead of public E. The default gateway is set incorrectly

C

A user reports that each day some files are deleted from the department share. The administrator needs to find who deleted these files. Which of the following actions should the administrator perform? A. Enable audit object access and specify files and folders to monitor using Task Manager. B. Enable audit policy change and specify files and folders to monitor using Windows Explorer. C. Enable audit object access and specify files and folders to monitor using Windows Explorer. D. Open Performance Monitor and monitor folder activity.

C

A user reports that email does not work. Which of the following ordered steps should the administrator take to address the issue according to the troubleshooting theory? A. Reboot the email server, document the findings, collect additional information about the issue, and then determine if the issue affects one or multiple users. B. Document the findings, determine if the issue affects one or multiple users, collect additional information about the issue, and then reboot the email server. C. Collect additional information about the issue, determine if the issue affects one or multiple users, reboot the email server, and then document the findings. D. Collect additional information about the issue, document the findings, determine if the issue affects one or multiple users, and then reboot the email server.

C

An 800W power supply running full load at 220VAC (single phase) draws approximately: A. 0.275A B. 1.76A C. 3.64A D. 6.67A

C

An administrator attempts to install the latest security patches for an older server. When the administrator runs the patch installer, the install fails. The administrator tries again, and the installer fails again. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this? A. The administrator improperly configured the virtual memory settings on the server. B. The administrator is using incorrect patch switches for the install. C. The administrator is trying to install security patches for software that is not installed. D. The administrator is trying to install patches that require hard drive encryption on the server.

C

An administrator has a drive working properly under Linux and moves it to a Windows server. Which of the following should be performed to ensure Windows can read the disk? A. Format the drive with ext2. B. Format the drive with ext4. C. Format the drive with NTFS. D. Format the drive with UFS.

C

An administrator has been tasked with consolidating six individual servers into one blade enclosure. The administrator completed the task successfully. A week later, all of the blades would not boot properly. Which of the following would MOST likely be causing this issue? A. The blade servers are faulty. B. The network module on the blade enclosure is faulty. C. The backplane of the enclosure is faulty. D. The management modules in the enclosure are faulty.

C

An administrator has been tasked with making recommendations for purchasing disks that will support a transactional database where performance is of greatest concern and budget is secondary. Which the following disk types should the administrator recommend? A. FC B. iSCSI C. SAS D. SATA

C

An administrator has just installed a new NIC into the server. The system POSTs fine and the NIC is recognized by the OS, but it does not receive an IP address. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this? A. The NIC is not on the HCL. B. The driver is incorrect on the server. C. The patch cable has not been seated properly. D. The NIC is not seated properly.

C

An administrator is backing up a database server. The administrator must select a backup method that does not change the archive bit. Which of the following backup techniques should be used to meet these requirements? A. Full B. Incremental C. Differential D. Selective

C

An administrator is configuring a RAID array on a new server with parity and striping. Which of the following is the MINIMUM number of disks needed to implement this array? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

C

An administrator is determining hardware requirements for a new, virtualized test environment. The vendor requires 8Gb of RAM for each host and 2Gb of RAM for each guest. If the server has a total of 32Gb of RAM, which of the following describes how many hosts and guests the server can support? A. 4 hosts and 0 guests B. 2 hosts and 8 guests C. 1 host and 12 guests D. 1 host and 16 guests

C

An administrator is given the following network information to configure a server with a static IP address: 10.152.0.4/21. Which of the following is the subnet mask for the given IP address? A. 255.248.0.0 B. 255.255.128.0 C. 255.255.248.0 D. 255.255.255.248

C

An administrator is installing a server to be used to dynamically assign IP addresses to the network devices. Which of the following server roles must be used? A. RAS B. DNS C. DHCP D. WINS

C

An administrator is securing a network time server by disabling ports. After completing this process, the network time server is not functioning. The administrator should now go back and verify whether which of the following ports is enabled? A. 23 B. 110 C. 123 D. 389

C

An administrator is setting up LDAP in the environment to allow directory services authentication and login, and wants to allow secure connection only. Which of the following network ports should be allowed on the internal and external firewalls? A. 443 B. 989 C. 3268 D. 3389

C

An administrator is unable to install a 64-bit OS on a newly purchased server. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. The server has the wrong number of processors B. The server has the wrong number of cores C. The server has the wrong architecture D. The server has the wrong amount of memory

C

An administrator is using IPv4 on all servers. If a new technician installs only IPv6 on a workstation, which of the following servers will the workstation be able to access? A. DHCP server B. Domain controller C. No servers D. DNS server

C

An administrator needs to create two websites. One website must only be used by internal users and the other website must be a corporate website accessible externally by customers. Which of the following website types is needed? A. Extranet for users and intranet for customers B. Internet for users and extranet for customers C. Intranet for users and extranet for customers D. Extranet for users and extranet for customers

C

An administrator receives a call from a user reporting that one of the application servers is not accessible by host name but is accessible via an IP address. Which of the following is the MOST likely issue? A. The DNS reverse lookup zone is misconfigured. B. The DNS MX record type is misconfigured. C. The DNS resource record is missing. D. The DNS forward lookup zone is missing.

C

An administrator receives a call from a user who is unable to receive email. After troubleshooting the administrator is able to resolve the issue and verify that user is able to access email again. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the administrator should take? A. Implement preventative measures. B. Close the issue. C. Document the outcome. D. Other users to make sure they are not having the same issue.

C

An administrator receives multiple reports that users cannot access a secure website hosted on a server the administrator manages. The administrator investigates and discovers that the reason users cannot access the secure site is because: A. port 22 is closed. B. port 80 is closed. C. port 443 is closed. D. port 3389 is closed.

C

An administrator sees a message in the system console that a drive is bad in the single-volume JBOD storage array. A few minutes later, a user calls the help desk to report an inability to read a file from a mapped drive. Which of the following should the administrator do? A. Swap out the failed drive and let the array rebuild. B. Allow the array rebuild automatically using the hotspare. C. Replace the failed drive and restore the data from the last backup. D. Reseat the failed drive and restore the array using the parity drive.

C

An administrator was tasked to enforce disk quotas on the Windows file server. The administrator allocated 1GB of space to each user. A month later, the users were still able to save beyond 1GB. Which of the following check boxes should have been selected? A. Enable compression B. Prohibit read/write if limit is reached C. Deny access if limit is reached D. Log an event if disk space is reached

C

As a best practice, which of the following should be performed before placing a server on a network? A. Secure the disk B. Secure the server rack C. Harden the OS D. Install the application

C

FILE-SERVER-1 is being decommissioned. A server technician powers off the server labeled FILE-SERVER-1 only to find out the label on the server was incorrect, causing an outage. Which of the following could have helped avoid this outage? A. IP address B. Recovery documentation C. Hardware inventory D. Network diagram

C

In authentication, which of the following represents something you have? A. Password B. Fingerprint C. Token D. PIN

C

Maintaining operations in the event of a complete power outage requires a tested and established: A. hardware maintenance plan B. site recovery plan C. business continuity plan D. incident response plan

C

Payroll checks are not printing. A job scheduled to run \\Payroll_File_Server\Checks\Print.cmd is failing with an "Access Denied" error message. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue? A. The payroll application server is offline B. The checks share does not exist C. The file permissions on Print.cmd were changed D. The Print.cmd file content was modified

C

Users have reported that they cannot access certain Internet sites. An administrator wants to test that the sites are properly resolving to an IP address. Which of the following tools would allow the administrator to test name resolution? A. net view B. ipconfig C. dig D. ifconfig

C

When setting up a new Linux server that will require files larger than 2 TB in size, which of the following file system types should be used? A. NTFS B. ext2 C. ext4 D. FAT32

C

Which of the following BEST describes a benefit of RAID 0? A. High fault tolerance B. Ease of failure recovery C. High performance D. No configuration

C

Which of the following BEST describes a server where several physical server chassis are housed within an enclosure to share some redundant resources? A. Tower server B. Rack mount server C. Blade server D. Bare metal server

C

Which of the following BEST describes the difference between RAID 5 and RAID 6? A. RAID 5 uses a dedicated parity drive and RAID 6 does not. B. RAID 6 uses a dedicated parity drive and RAID 5 does not. C. RAID 6 uses more parity drives than RAID 5. D. RAID 5 uses more parity drives than RAID 6.

C

Which of the following allows virtual machines to share the NIC of the host? A. Virtual LANs B. NAT C. Bridging D. Virtual NICs

C

Which of the following components found in a legacy server has a 16-bit bus? A. USB B. PCI C. ISA D. AGP

C

Which of the following connects the L2 cache to the processor? A. PCI B. Frontside bus C. Backside bus D. System I/O bus

C

Which of the following describes a rack mounted server that is 2 rack units (2U) in height? A. 2.5 inches (6.35 cm) B. 3.0 inches (7.62 cm) C. 3.5 inches (8.89 cm) D. 4.0 inches (10.16 cm)

C

Which of the following expansion slots would be BEST for a fiber network card? A. ISA B. PCIx C. PCIe D. AGP

C

Which of the following file types can Microsoft servers package for remote installation by default? A. .exe B. .ini C. .msi D. .dll

C

Which of the following is a requirement for a server to allow guests to be installed on a hypervisor host? A. Processors with multiple cores B. Processors with available cache C. Processors that support virtualization D. Processors that support hyperthreading

C

Which of the following is the FIRST thing that should be done in order to begin reinstalling TCP/IP on the server? A. Configure netsh settings in case of backup B. Restart the server C. Notify users D. Uninstall TCP/IP

C

Which of the following is the MOST redundant power solution? A. Two power supplies, each hooked up to individual legs of one 3-phase circuit. B. Two power supplies, each hooked up to the same 1-phase circuit. C. Two power supplies, each hooked up to separate 1-phase circuits. D. One power supply hooked up to two 1-phase circuits

C

Which of the following is the MOST secure to erase data before disposal of server hard drives? A. Hard wipe B. Reformat C. Degaussing D. Delete partitions

C

Which of the following is the number of 7-inch high servers that can be installed in a 42U rack? A. 4 B. 5 C. 10 D. 12

C

Which of the following is used in a server to ensure proper cooling and airflow when components are removed? A. Heatsink B. Voltage regulator C. Baffles D. Liquid cooling

C

Which of the following must be configured on printers so that the server can properly monitor details on page counts? A. WMI B. DHCP C. SNMP D. MIB

C

Which of the following protocols is considered stateless and utilizes TCP when communicating between a server and client? A. IMAP B. SMTP C. HTTP D. SSH

C

Which of the following provides the BEST security and accountability for a Data Center? A. Entry logging B. Combination locks C. Card keys D. Dead bolts

C

Which of the following replication methods is MOST appropriate when integrating data from multiple remote offices? A. Server to client B. Server to server C. Site to site D. Disk to disk

C

Which of the following represents the directory permissions to provide least privilege for publicly readable directories on a Unix web server? A. rwxrwxrwx (777) B. rwxrwx-w- (772) C. rwxrwxr-x (775) D. rwxrwx-x (771)

C

Which of the following server types translates FQDNs to IP addresses? A. DHCP B. SMTP C. DNS D. FTP

C

Which of the following settings is the jumper set to when installing a DVD-RW as the second device on an IDE cable? A. ID0 B. ID2 C. Cable select D. Master

C

Which of the following troubleshooting methods would be performed after resolving an issue? A. Verify system connectivity B. Implement the solution C. Document findings D. Establish theory

C

Which of the following will allow devices to be added without turning the server off? A. Plug and Play B. Warm site C. Hot plug D. Hot site

C

Which of the following will protect data loss against catastrophic multiple physical drive failure? A. RAID 10 B. Snapshot C. Tape backup D. RAID 5

C

A server administrator has been asked to make recommendations for purchase of a new database server that will be processing all of the company accounts. One area of concern from prior experience is the storage type used by the database server. The server is expected to have a large number of transactions that occur, but will not require a large amount of capacity for the data storage. Given these requirements, which of the following storage criteria are MOST important? (Select TWO). A. Capacity B. RPM C. IOPS D. Seek time and latency E. Form factor F. Bus width

C,D

Which of the following MUST be configured to automate client deployment over PXE boot? (Choose two.) A. DNS PTR record B. Domain controller name C. TFTP server D. DHCP option 66 E. Web server with OS images

C,D

Which of the following assists with airflow in a server? (Select TWO). A. Riser cards B. Water cooling C. Shroud D. Baffle E. Heat sinks

C,D

Which of the following is designed to guarantee that once data is written it cannot be modified? (Select TWO). A. Flash B. DLT4 tapes C. CD-R D. SDLT tapes E. WORM

C,E

A SAN attached production file server is required to be backed up nightly according to company policy. Recently the data to be backed up has increased to approximately 4TB. Currently, the server has a single attached LTO2 tape drive. Which of the following should the server administrator do to provide enough backup capacity for the nightly job? A. Replace the backup software with a more efficient application. B. Reduce the amount of data to be backed up. C. Replace the LTO2 tape drive with an LTO3 tape drive. D. Replace the single tape drive with a tape library.

D

A Unix server completes POST successfully. The server starts to boot but crashes and halts on a transport error. Which of the following components should a technician check FIRST? A. Video card B. Cooling fan C. Memory module D. Hard drive

D

A company has a corporate office building that is used by 50 to 100 unique visitors each day for meetings. Users routinely report that they are unable to access the network with their laptops when visiting this location. The help desk reports that these users are not getting IP addresses automatically assigned. After an investigation, the server administrator has determined that the DHCP service is functioning, but a minimal number of addresses are available for lease. The building is on its own class C subnet and has 250 addresses in the scope. Which of the following represents a long term solution to the problem? A. Manually delete address leases from DHCP. B. Create reservations in DHCP for users frequently visiting this location. C. Assign static IP addresses to visiting laptops. D. Reduce the lease duration in the DHCP scope options to one day.

D

A company has recently upgraded all backup hardware and media from DLT IV to LTO3 tapes and tape drives. Several weeks after the upgrade, the development team discovers a corruption in one of the application servers and must restore from one of the DLT IV tapes. Which of the following steps are necessary for the server administrator to use these tapes? A. Reformat the DLT IV tape in LTO3 format. Load the tape. B. Install the DLT IV driver on the LTO3 drive. Load the tape. C. Load the DLT IV tape into the LTO3 drive. D. Replace the LTO3 drive with a DLT IV tape drive. Load the tape.

D

A company implements a cold site for disaster recovery purposes due to a risk of hurricanes at its headquarters location. Which of the following BEST describes why the company chose to use a cold site? A. Cold sites have fewer hurricanes than warm or hot sites. B. A hot or warm site would have a higher MTTR than a cold site C. Cold sites are the easiest to implement in the event of a disaster D. A hot or warm site would have higher setup and ongoing costs

D

A datacenter customer reports the servers are having hardware failures at an unusual rate. A server technician is dispatched to the datacenter floor and notices several racks have condensation on their cold-side doors. Which of the following is the technician likely to report as the MOST likely cause of the hardware failures? A. Cooling failure B. Overheating C. Power surge D. Humidity controls

D

A datacenter is running out of rack space. A server technician is asked to recommend a capacity planning and consolidation option that is feasible with the least amount of downtime. Which of the following options should the technician recommend? A. Replace the servers' internal storage with SAN B. Implement tower servers across the enterprise C. Replace 4U rack-mount servers with tower servers D. Implement blade servers across the enterprise

D

A manager has noticed that the staff of administrators spends a lot of time running power cords and network cables when installing new servers. The manager would like to reduce the amount of time administrators spend doing the power and network cabling. Which of the following will BEST allow staff to reduce that time? A. Mainframe B. Tower C. 2U rackmount server D. Blade server

D

A network administrator is installing additional devices on the network. The network segment is currently utilizing all allocated IP addresses. If there are additional addresses available, which of the following would be BEST for the network administrator to perform to accommodate the new network devices? A. Create a new DHCP scope for the network segment in question. B. Configure the DHCP server for IPv6. C. Configure the network to use NAT for the network segment in question. D. Increase the size of the DHCP scope for the network segment in question.

D

A network technician is replacing a failed drive in a RAID 5 array. Over time, access to the volumes in the array has slowed down. The technician wants to increase the speed of the RAID array and chooses to replace the 10000rpm SAS drive with a low-latency SSD drive. Which of the following is the problem with this solution? A. SSD drives cannot be used in RAID arrays B. Performance will not be increased C. SAS drives are faster due to their high spindle speed D. All the drives in the RAID array must be replaced simultaneously

D

A server administrator is configuring access control on a file server for an organization. The Human Resources manager is taking a leave of absence for three months, during which time an interim Human Resources manager will take over the duties of the position. Which of the following types of access control should be configured on the file server? A. MAC B. CBAC C. DAC D. RBAC

D

A server administrator is creating a design for a new datacenter. The servers should be configured for maximum availability and also provide caching for user information requests. Which of the following techniques should be used? A. Active/Passive B. Round robin C. Heartbeat D. Active/Active E. Passive/Passive

D

A server administrator is updating the kernel for servers during the middle of the work day. After defining the steps required to perform this scope of work, which of the following would be the NEXT step needed to complete this task? A. Perform the system updates B. Determine MTTR C. Request an impact analysis report D. Schedule time to perform updates

D

A server administrator wants to increase the availability of a web server without implementing a cluster. Which of the following would accomplish this task? A. Configure round robin DNS entries B. Configure an active/active service C. Configure an active/passive service D. Configure two servers with the same IP address

D

A server in a small company functions as a print server. Suddenly it stops sending print jobs to the printers. A technician verifies that the printers are working correctly. Additionally, the print spooler had been restarted and is running on the server, it is accessible from workstations, and it shows as being ready to accept print jobs. Which of the following has MOST likely caused the print server to stop processing print jobs? A. The print quota has been exceeded. B. The server needs an updated print driver. C. The server needs pooling enabled. D. The server's hard drive is out of space.

D

A server technician is applying a security patch to an active-passive failover SQL cluster. However, the cluster must continue to service clients during the process with limited outages. Given this scenario, which of the following should the technician do to adhere to these maintenance requirements? A. Failover back to the original active node once the patching is complete B. Keep services failed over to passive node once patching is complete C. Move services to the active node and repeat for the passive node D. Patch the passive node, failover, and patch the other node

D

A server technician is connecting a server directly to a multilayer switch, without MDI-X. Which of the following cables should the server technician use? A. Crossover B. Coaxial C. Rollover D. Straight through

D

A system administrator has a database server that crashes at random times. No changes have been made to either the server's software or hardware. Which of the following is the FIRST step the administrator should take towards resolving this issue? A. Establish an action plan. B. Perform a root cause analysis. C. Document the findings. D. Identify the problem and scope

D

A system administrator is concerned with employees connecting removable storage to the server to copy sensitive data. Which of the following solutions addresses this concern? A. Disable write access B. Disable WOL C. Disable TPM D. Disable physical ports

D

A system administrator is tasked to enable authentication on a web server's login page. One of the requirements for the web server is to encrypt authenticated sessions over HTTP protocol for all static HTML pages. Using the information supplied, which of the following default port numbers should be used to satisfy these requirements? A. 53 B. 8080 C. 143 D. 443

D

A systems administrator has been tasked to set up a new server to assign IP addresses on the network. The network administrator logs into the server, but cannot find the management tool to create a scope. Which of the following MOST likely happened to cause this? A. The systems administrator did not configure the routing and remote access server role. B. The systems administrator configured the wrong NTP server address. C. The systems administrator forgot to unblock port 67/68 in the firewall. D. The systems administrator did not install the DHCP server role.

D

A systems administrator is setting up a new SAN. Which of the following protocols should be used to access and manage the system? A. WWN B. NTP C. DNS D. SSH

D

A systems administrator is troubleshooting a server that will not turn on. The LED lights are not blinking, and no status light indicators are available. The administrator has checked the PDU and UPS to verify proper functionality. Which of the following components is the MOST likely cause of this problem? A. NIC failure B. Memory failure C. CPU failure D. Power supply failure

D

A systems administrator sees a production server is missing a service pack and installs it during the day without notifying anyone. Later that day, users begin reporting issues accessing an application installed on the server. Upon investigation, it is discovered that the application will not start properly Adhering to which of the following processes would have BEST helped avoid this outage? A. Service level agreement B. Business continuity plan C. Business impact analysis D. Change management policies

D

A technician has a current baseline and is told to install additional memory and a faster NIC card. At which point in time should the next baseline be run? A. After the memory is installed B. Before the upgrade is performed C. After the NIC is installed D. After the upgrades are performed

D

A technician has completed the installation and configuration of a third email server. The technician has configured the firewall to permit email traffic, but the mail is only being received by the two older servers. Which of the following should the technician configure to ensure incoming email will be processed by all three servers? A. Enable NTP to ensure all three servers are synchronized. B. Configure IMAP on the new mail server. C. Add the DNS server option in DHCP. D. Update the MX record in DNS.

D

A technician has connected a previously formatted ext4 eSATA drive to a Linux server. Given the following output: Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 382818 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 - 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0009f31a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 20481 953525168 976761560 83 Linux Which of the following commands should the technician use to make the partition available under /data/drive0? A. fdformat -type Linux /dev/sdbl -d /data/drive0 B. ext2 0x0009f31a /data/drive0 C. net use /data/drive0 /dev/sdb D. mount /dev/sdbl /data/drive0 E. fdisk -l /data/drive0

D

A technician has found that the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected to a server does not have sufficient battery power to allow the server to shutdown gracefully. Which of the following is the MOST cost effective way to allow this server to shutdown gracefully? A. Install a second UPS. B. Increase the size of the swapfile. C. Increase the size of the pagefile. D. Install an extended battery pack into the UPS.

D

A technician installs a rack in a datacenter. The rack has two power strips installed in it. To ensure maximum power redundancy for the rack, how should each PDU power strip be connected? A. Each to the same floor PDU B. Each to different floor PDUs C. Each to the same datacenter UPS D. Each to a different datacenter UPS

D

A technician is concerned about memory data corruption in a server. Which of the following memory types should be considered? A. Static B. SDRAM C. Dynamic D. ECC

D

A technician wants to compare a new servers performance over a period of time. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST? A. Monitor processor performance logs B. Constantly check the task manager C. Use performance server logs D. Establish a baseline for the server

D

A technician wants to increase the reliability of a DHCP server. Which of the following components should be installed to increase the server's uptime on the network? A. Increase the amount of RAM B. Use a lower voltage power supply C. Add a hardware firewall D. Install redundant NICs

D

A user is unable to connect to the company's intranet server by FQDN, but can connect by IP address. Other users are not having a problem. An administrator verifies that the user can successfully ping the server by IP address and can properly resolve the FQDN using nslookup. The problem is persisting after running ipconfig /flushdns. Which of the following should the administrator do NEXT? A. Examine the lmhost file. B. Flush the cache on the DNS server. C. Flush the cache on the WINS server. D. Examine the hosts file.

D

A user reports that a script \\Server\Share\Runme.bat, which is run on a daily basis, cannot be accessed. Which of the following is the FIRST step to take in resolving this issue? A. Check the network cable. B. Ping the gateway. C. Verify the workstation IP address. D. Ping the server.

D

A user reports they cannot access the network share folder, the users workstation is configured to use automatic IP. When the administrator checks the IP address the response returns as 169.254.0.5. Which of the following should the administrator verify? A. That there are no DHCP relay servers B. That the user account on Active Directory is not locked C. That the network card driver is not installed incorrectly D. The network connection is functioning

D

After installing a 1 TB hard drive, a technician notices the OS is reporting significantly less unformatted capacity than was expected. Which of the following is the root cause? A. NTFS is using up capacity B. The OS is reporting raw capacity C. The OS is reporting capacity using base 2 numbers D. There was old data previously stored on the drive

D

An administrator confirmed that the company's public website keeps presenting a certificate warning asking whether this site should be trusted when accessing it over HTTPS. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for this issue? A. Private key is missing from the certificate. B. Public key is missing from the certificate. C. SSL certificate is not trusted by the intermediate CA. D. SSL certificate is not issued by a trusted root CA.

D

An administrator has 120V, 150-amp service in the datacenter. Which of the following is the MAXIMUM number of servers with a faceplate rating of 65W that can be racked in the datacenter? A. 200 B. 225 C. 250 D. 275 E. 300

D

An administrator has encountered a problem with a particular piece of software installed on the server and begins the troubleshooting process. Which of the following is the FIRST place the administrator should look for specific information about the problem? A. The supporting documentation B. The vendors website C. The Internet D. The servers event logs

D

An administrator is asked to move a 64-bit guest to a new host. However, the guest will not boot on the new host. Which of the following is the cause of the problem? A. The new host's hypervisor is not Type 1 B. The management interface is not activated on the host C. In the BIOS, AMD-V Intel VT are not turned on D. The new host's hypervisor is not Type 2

D

An administrator is attempting to connect a laptop directly to a server's 100Mbps management NIC. Which of the following cables should the administrator use ? A. Rollover B. Straight through Cat 5 C. Straight through Cat 5e D. Crossover

D

An administrator is building a web server to host an online banking application. The server should not have access to the internal network, and only ports that are used by the application should be opened. Which of the following MUST be implemented to meet the business requirements? A. Add the server to the internal network and use IPSec to encrypt communication between the web server and other devices. B. Use an ISA server to block access to the internal network. C. Use VPN to block all ports that are not used by the application. D. Use the company firewall to block all ports that are not used by the application.

D

An administrator is decommissioning a company's old accounting system and will be sending all the hardware to an off-site recycler. Which of the following is the BEST method for the administrator to ensure no company data will be exposed before sending drives to the recycler? A. Delete both the files and the folders from the hard drives, and then send them to the recycler B. After logging out and powering down the server, send the drives to the recycler C. Format all drives using the OS, and then send the drives to the recycler D. Physically destroy the drives, and then send the drives to the recycler

D

An administrator is looking to apply a new service pack for an OS on several systems that run business critical applications for a large international finance corporation. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST? A. Deploy the service pack to a single department within the corporation. B. Upgrade the system with requirements for that service pack. C. Deploy the service pack to a non-critical application server. D. Submit a change control for the service pack deployment.

D

An administrator is planning an upgrade of a major software package on an application server. The software has been tested successfully in a test environment and it is ready to go into production. Which of the following steps should the administrator take next? A. Identify necessary operating system updates B. Implement the change C. Document the change D. Schedule system down time

D

An administrator needs to deploy 1,000 servers in a short period of time. Which of the following deployment methods will expedite the OS installations? A. Use disk duplicating software. B. Use USB disk images to deploy servers. C. Use a disk replicator. D. Use PXE boot to retrieve an image.

D

An administrator needs to run five CAT6 cable runs to a new server. Which of the following steps should the administrator do FIRST? A. Install the cables into cable trays. B. Verify the bend radius of the cables. C. Bundle the cables with velcro or zip ties. D. Label both ends of the cables with unique identifiers.

D

An administrator needs to securely dispose of 150 computers with SATA HDDs. Which of the following methods would ensure all data is erased in the MOST secure manner? A. Use a degaussing tool on the hard drives B. Use disk-wiping software C. Use a utility to zero-fill the hard drive D. Use a shredder to physically destroy the platters E. Use fdisk to destroy the partition table

D

An enterprise administrator has a server that requires private communication between the application team and the administrator's team. Which of the following solutions would BEST meet this requirement? A. Implement a NIDS B. Enable a host-based firewall C. Install a RADIUS server D. Configure IPSec

D

An enterprise technician is tasked to implement a disk array that will host continuous disk-to-disk replication. Which of the following storage types should be selected for maximum performance? A. USB B. SCSI C. SATA D. SAS

D

An existing server has three 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA drives and five empty drive bays. The network manager orders three 2 TB 5400 RPM SAS drives. The technician installs them properly, but when attempting to provision the drives, a message displays "Type mismatch". Which of the following is the reason for this error message? A. There is a firmware mismatch on the hard drives B. the drives must be from the same manufacturer C. The drive sizes must match D. The SATA and SAS drives cannot be mixed

D

During a power outage, the battery on the server motherboard is used to: A. keep the NIC information B. power the server in case main power is disconnected C. power the RAM D. keep the CMOS information

D

In a Windows environment, a user is able to access the network folder and open items, but is not able to delete anything. Which of the following folder permissions does the user require? A. Execute B. Read C. Write D. Modify

D

Joe, a system administrator, is replacing an aging print server. Once he reached the step to join the new server to the existing domain, he kept getting an error and could not complete the step successfully. Which of the following did Joe forget to do? A. He did not recreate the printer on the new print server. B. He did not migrate the print server database. C. He did not restore a full backup of the old print server. D. He did not properly configure the network settings.

D

The BEST way for a technician to configure a server rack for full power redundancy is: A. a single PDU attached to a single UPS B. multiple PDUs each attached to a single UPS C. multiple PDUs each attached to separate UPSs D. multiple PDUs attached to a high availability UPS

D

Users on multiple network segments report that they are unable to retrieve email from a server. Which of the following commands will allow a server technician to ensure that the email service is running on the server? A. ifconfig B. ipconfig C. nbtstat D. netstat

D

Users report that they are unable to connect to a server. An administrator confirms that it is unreachable across the network. Other administrators have been working in the server room throughout the day. Which of the following is the NEXT step the administrator should take? A. Verify the configuration of the connected port on the network switch. B. Reboot the server. C. Install a new NIC on the server. D. Verify that network cables are connected.

D

When disposing of computer equipment, which of the following can present an environmental hazard? A. Bezel B. SATA cable C. Cat5 cable D. CRT monitor

D

When using multifactor authentication, which of the following represents "something you have"? A. A password B. A PIN C. A fingerprint D. An ID card

D

Which of the following BEST describes RAID 0? A. Striping with parity B. Striping with mirroring C. Mirroring D. Striping

D

Which of the following BEST describes RAID 5? A. Fault tolerance and failure recovery B. Fault tolerance and zero configuration C. Zero configuration and high performance D. High performance and fault tolerance

D

Which of the following BEST describes server virtualization? A. A single logical server operating on multiple physical servers. B. Applications hosted on a single server and deployed to multiple users. C. Multiple servers used to host applications for multiple users. D. Multiple logical servers operating on the same physical server.

D

Which of the following OSs would be the MOST appropriate to manage a server with an Active Directory? A. Linux Ubuntu B. Linux Fedora C. Mac OS X D. Windows Server 2013 Enterprise

D

Which of the following RAID arrays performs mirroring of the disks first, then striping of the disks? A. RAID 1 B. RAID 0+1 C. RAID 6 D. RAID 10

D

Which of the following RAID levels can withstand the simultaneous loss of two physical drives in an array? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 3 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 10

D

Which of the following RAID levels provides the HIGHEST fault tolerance possible? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 5 C. RAID 6 D. RAID 10

D

Which of the following can occur if the maximum rated load is exceeded on an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)? A. There is a fire hazard potential if a power outage occurs. B. The last system plugged into the UPS will not be provided any power. C. The UPS will draw more power from the circuit to compensate. D. The runtime of the UPS will be insufficient if a power outage occurs.

D

Which of the following default ports should be open on a server for remote administration? A. TCP 25 B. TCP 389 C. TCP 3128 D. TCP 3389

D

Which of the following describes an alternate site where only the infrastructure (building, power, cooling) has been established? A. Mirror site B. Warm site C. Hot site D. Cold site

D

Which of the following expansion cards should be installed in a server to allow the server to connect to a SAN via a fiber channel? A. SATA B. iSCSI C. SCSI D. HBA

D

Which of the following expansion slots is 64-bit? A. PCIx B. PCI C. ISA D. PCIe

D

Which of the following factors would cause a technician to select a hard drive over an SSD as a primary storage medium? A. Speed B. Power consumption C. Form factor D. Cost

D

Which of the following is a basic difference between DAS and NAS? A. NAS requires fibre channel; DAS does not. B. NAS is faster than DAS when using NFS. C. DAS operates its own OS; NAS does not. D. DAS is directly connected to a server; NAS is connected via IP networking.

D

Which of the following is a storage system that can be connected to multiple servers through an iSCSI connection? A. JBOD B. DAS C. NAS D. SAN

D

Which of the following is the BEST place to find the latest BIOS upgrade of the server system board? A. Third-party vendor B. BIOS manufacture website C. Operating system manufacture website D. Servers manufacture website

D

Which of the following is the MOST important factor when considering environmental factors? A. Server room access should be limited to authorized personnel. B. Servers should be kept in a warm and dark environment. C. Remove the floppy drives from the system. D. The server administrator should ensure adequate levels of cooling.

D

Which of the following media types is the MOST durable in harsh environments? A. Disk B. Tape C. Optical D. Flash

D

Which of the following must be done to properly conduct testing of the data backup portion of a disaster recovery plan? A. Perform an integrity test of backup media. B. Verify data on backup media can be read. C. Verify that backups have occurred and were successful via the logs. D. Restore backed up data to a test server.

D

Which of the following offers the highest level of redundancy in the design of a storage system? A. A Dual Port HBA with a pair of Point-To-Point connections to the SAN. B. Two Single Port HBAs connected to a fiber switch. C. A Dual Port HBA with a Point-To-Point connection to a SAN. D. Two Dual Port HBAs connected to a pair of fiber switches.

D

Which of the following permissions would enable users to modify files or directories on a server? A. Access B. Execute C. Read D. Write

D

Which of the following plans describes the process by which an organization manages a major outage? A. Contingency B. Site-to-site backup C. Disaster recovery D. Business continuity

D

Which of the following ports should be open on a server that provides IP addressing for clients? A. TCP 22 B. TCP 25 C. UDP 53 D. UDP 67

D

Which of the following power plug types would MOST likely be found in a medical facility? A. Tip/Ring/Sleeve B. Speed lock C. Tip/Ring D. Twist lock

D

Which of the following protocols would MOST likely be used in the establishment of an IPSec VPN tunnel? A. AES B. TKIP C. 802.1q D. ISAKMP

D

Which of the following would be the BEST configuration when using seven SCSI drives in order to have full fault tolerance? A. RAID 0+1 B. RAID 0 C. RAID 1 D. RAID 5

D

When installing processors with mixed stepping levels in a server, which of the following guidelines must be followed? (Select TWO). A. The processors must have different frequencies set to operate. B. The processor with the highest feature set must be the bootstrap processor. C. The processors must have different cache sizes set to operate. D. The processors must have the same cache size set. E. The processor with the lowest feature set must be the bootstrap processor.

D,E

Which of the following ports should be open if a server is configured as an email server with high security for incoming connections? (Choose two.) A. TCP 110 B. TCP 143 C. TCP 161 D. TCP 993 E. TCP 995

D,E

Which of the following services provide hostname to IP address resolution? (Select TWO). A. NTP B. NAT/PAT C. DHCP D. DNS E. WINS F. LDAP

D,E

When looking at an organization's file server configuration, an IT manager determines that several outages are tied to a lack of redundancy in the disk controller configuration. Which of the following features would the IT manager look for in a new configuration to correct this? A. Disk shadowing B. RAID 0 C. Remote journaling D. Electronic vaulting E. Disk duplexing

E

A company has recently had sensitive data stolen by a contractor who plugged a flash drive into a server. Which of the following is the BEST method to prevent future occurrences? A. Disable any unused physical ports until needed B. Implement a BIOS password on all the servers C. Install chassis locks on all the servers D. Restrict usage of flash drives in company policy

A

A customer reports that connectivity to their web server has been sporadic throughout the morning. An administrator has applied OS patches periodically throughout the morning and rebooted the server. Which of the following has the administrator MOST likely violated? A. Service level agreement B. Mean time before failure C. Mean time to repair D. Request for proposal

A

A datacenter technician encounters a power receptacle labeled NEMA L5-30. Which of the following powers is this socket rated for? A. 115v 30 amp B. 208v 30 amp C. 220v 1 phase D. 440v 3 phase

A

A network administrator is tasked to block all outbound SSH connections on the default port from a network subnet of 10.152.8.0/21 on a Linux based firewall. Which of the following rule sets would accomplish this task? A. iptables -i OUTPUT -d 10.152.8.0/21 -p TCP --dport 22 -j REJECT B. iptables -i OUTPUT -d 10.152.8.0/21 -p TCP --dport 23 -j REJECT C. iptables -i OUTPUT -d 10.152.8.0/21 -p TCP --dport 22 -j ACCEPT D. iptables -i OUTPUT -d 10.152.8.0/21 -p TCP --dport 23 -j ACCEPT

A

A server administrator is configuring a new server for an organization. The server will function as a firewall and proxy server, as well as provide NAT services for other devices on the network. Which of the following BEST describes how the network hardware on the server should be configured? A. The server should have at least two NICs: one configured with an IP address on the inside network, and one with an IP address on the outside network. B. The server should have at least two NICs: each NIC should be configured with an IP address on the same network segment. C. The server requires only one NIC, as the NIC can be configured with two IP addresses: one for the inside network segment, and one for the outside network segment. D. The server requires at least three NICs: one configured with an IP address for the intranet clients, one with an IP address on the inside network, and one with an IP address on the outside network.

A

A server administrator wants to isolate a SAN hosted LUN to be visible to only a single host. Which of the following methodologies would be used to present the LUN to only that host? A. LUN masking B. LUN ID assignment C. Port mapping D. Port zoning

A

A server technician in a datacenter configures a daemon to monitor the battery health in a UPS. Over a two day time period, the daemon generates a warning message. Which of the following represents the FIRST action that should be taken by the server technician? A. Perform a test on the UPS batteries B. Immediately replace the UPS batteries C. Move the servers connected to the UPS to another existing UPS D. Immediately replace the UPS with a new UPS

A

A server technician is investigating a potential data breach. It is believed that the breach occurred via telnet access. Which of the following could validate this hypothesis? A. Port scanner B. Cipher tools C. Checksum analyzer D. TDR

A

A system administrator has determined that more storage is needed for company data. The storage requires the highest speed data transfer rate with maximum performance. Which of the following solutions MUST be implemented to meet the business requirements? A. FC SAN B. FCoE C. iSCSI D. JBOD

A

A system administrator is asked to set up several physical file servers that have recently crashed due to a power failure. Which of the following documents should the administrator refer to in order to complete this task? A. Server configuration documentation B. Network diagram C. Asset management documentation D. Dataflow diagram

A

A system administrator is tasked with dividing the network so that each department is separate from the other. Which of the following should be used to accomplish this task? A. VLAN B. VPN C. VNC D. VM

A

A system administrator needs to rebuild a server by booting to the OS DVD. The server powers up but attempts to boot from the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the problem? A. Incorrect media type B. Driver failure C. Incorrect mount point D. Memory failure

A

A technician is asked to troubleshoot a server that constantly reboots. There are no error messages displayed on the server. Which of the following should the technician check? A. Cooling failure B. Cable mismatch C. BIOS driver failure D. Port conflict

A

A technician is troubleshooting an issue with a new server, which is unable to download OS patches from the Internet. The technician reviews the following configuration: Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : comptia.org Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . : fe80::c95:3f59:1a01:c050%11 IPv4 Address . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.20 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.128 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.129 Which of the following is the reason that the server is unable to connect to the Internet? A. Incorrect default gateway B. Invalid IPv6 address C. Wrong subnet mask D. Misconfigured DNS suffix

A

A technician needs to install an operating system patch on a virtual server. Which of the following backup types should the technician perform prior to the patch installation that will allow the server to be restored the FASTEST? A. Snapshot B. Incremental C. Differential D. Full

A

A technician receives an error message when trying to boot the server stating the operating system was not found. Change management logs indicate a new hard drive backplane was installed in the server last night. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST when troubleshooting the issue? A. Check system board cables B. Rebuild RAID array C. Reinstall server OS D. Remove newly installed hardware

A

A technician wants to implement a grandfather-father-son tape rotation policy. Which of the following implements this backup strategy? A. Assign a different set of tapes for daily, weekly, and monthly backups. B. Use a different set of tapes for every two, four, and eight days. C. Designate a different set of tapes for odd-day and even-day backups. D. Use a queue to rotate tapes based on the age and usage of the tape.

A

An administrator is developing a storage growth plan for a new file server. Which of the following should be implemented on the server so that storage growth is restricted? A. Disk quotas B. Disk compression C. Automatic usage reports D. Automatic defragmentation

A

An administrator is tasked with deploying a server in a telephone switching station. Which of the following voltages will MOST likely be available at the facility? A. -48VDC B. 120VDC C. 220VAC D. 440VAC

A

An administrator is updating the server infrastructure at a company's disaster recovery site. Currently, an enormous amount of effort is required by the administrator to replicate operations. Which of the following types of site is the administrator currently using? A. Cold site B. Hot site C. Warm site D. Replication site

A

Two RAID arrays are created from eight disks. One is created using RAID 6, the other is created using RAID 5 with a hot spare. Which of the following is the operational difference between these configurations? A. RAID 6 has the ability to recover from two disks simultaneously failing. B. The RAID 5 array will be significantly faster than the RAID 6 array. C. The RAID 6 array will be significantly faster than the RAID 5 array. D. RAID 6 has a higher storage capacity than RAID 5.

A

Which of the following involves finding and correcting the MOST important reason for performance issues? A. Root cause analysis B. Replicating the problem C. Defining preventative action D. Theory of probable cause

A

Which of the following is an example of the principle of least privilege and is the MOST secure when granting access to a shared network drive used by the Accounting department? A. Grant appropriate permissions to only users in the Accounting department for both the share and NTFS B. Grant all users full control permissions for the share only C. Grant the Accounting department full control for the share and appropriate NTFS permissions D. Grant modify permissions to the Accounting department and deny NTFS permissions to all other users

A

Which of the following is the MOST secure method of storing critical and sensitive system information (e.g., administrative passwords, trusted signing keys)? A. Store the information encrypted and offline in a storage safe. B. Encrypt the information using a zip file with a password. C. Utilize a drive with full disk encryption enabled. D. Create an encrypted virtual disk for storage.

A

Which of the following is the core software application that manages computer virtualization? A. Hypervisor B. Hyperthreading C. Console D. KVM

A

Which of the following provides two-factor authentication? A. Bank card and PIN. B. Username and password. C. Fingerprint and iris scan. D. Key and proximity badge.

A

An administrator needs to reconfigure a Linux server's operating system. Which of the following tools can the administrator use to access a command shell over the network? (Select TWO). A. Connect with SSH B. Connect with RDP C. Connect with VNC D. Connect with BASH E. Connect with FTP

A, C

A system administrator is troubleshooting a network connectivity issue and runs ipconfig/all on the host. The command returns the following: IPv4 Address: 169.254.0.12 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 The client is configured for DHCP. Which of the following commands should be run on the client to resolve this issue? (Select TWO). A. ipconfig/release B. tracert C. ipconfig/flushdns D. ipconfig/renew E. ipconfig/showclassid F. nslookup

A,D

A technician is asked to install an additional NIC in a server. Which of the following hardware considerations would be BEST for the technician to make? A. Power consumption B. Bus type and speed C. CPU stepping D. CAS latency

B

A technician is tasked with building a test server. Which of the following hard drive types will provide the highest performance? A. SCSI B. SAS C. SATA D. iSCSI

B

A technician needs to install additional memory in a server to help resolve performance issues. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST? A. Perform an impact analysis. B. Follow change management procedures. C. Install the additional memory. D. Update system firmware.

B

A company has hired a consultant to review the production storage infrastructure and provide suggestions on improving performance. The consultant has identified a bottleneck in the production switching fabric and successfully tested the solution in a lab environment. Which of the following should the consultant perform NEXT, according to best practices? A. Implement the solution in production since it was tested in the lab. B. Establish a plan of action to implement the solution in production. C. Perform a root cause analysis of what caused the bottleneck. D. Establish a theory describing the possible issue in the production network.

B

A database server stops responding to requests, and the administrator suspects that the server is experiencing memory faults during heavy network traffic and database access. Which of the following is the FIRST troubleshooting step? A. Check the security log. B. Check the application logs. C. Check the debug report. D. Check the POST error log.

B

A hardware failure affects a server in a datacenter. The server is critical to company operation, and the hardware vendor is out of stock on the parts needed to repair the server. A network technician suggests replacing it with a server from the warm site. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST? A. Outsource a hardware-certified courier to move the server to the datacenter. B. Check the DRP and BCP and talk to the company stakeholders before making the decision. C. Unrack the server from the warm site and move it to the datacenter. D. Order the parts from the hardware vendor and notify affected users that the server will be down.

B

A server administrator is implementing disk redundancy in all database servers. Which of the following RAID configurations should the administrator use so that a MINIMUM number of disks are required? A. RAID 0 B. RAID 1 C. RAID 5 D. RAID 6

B

A server administrator is notified that all three hard disks in a server array have failed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? A. Incompatible BIOS B. Backplane failure C. Cache battery failure D. Incorrect firmware version

B

A server administrator is setting up a new set of hosts for an application that requires communication between all the hosts on a dedicated private subnet. Initially, the configuration consists of four hosts and is expected to grow to 48 total as the application is implemented for the entire company. When configuring the private subnet, which of the following CIDR netmasks would allow for the full number of hosts once the application is fully in production with the least number of unused addresses allocated? A. /25 B. /26 C. /27 D. /28

B

A server technician has been tasked with purchasing cables and connectors for a new server room. The server room consists of one switch, two servers, and one IP telephone. Which of the following types of cables and connectors should the technician purchase? A. Coaxial cable and BNC connectors B. Straight through Ethernet cable and RJ-45 connectors C. Silver satin and RJ-11 connectors D. Crossover Ethernet cable and RJ-11 connectors

B

A server technician is replacing a web server in an organization. The new server has two integrated NICs. Which of the following describes how the NICs should be configured for fault protection? A. The NICs should be configured separately with one MAC address. B. The NICs should be placed into a team with one MAC address. C. The NICs should be configured separately with two MAC addresses. D. The NICs should be placed into a team with two MAC addresses.

B

A server technician needs to connect two servers with gigabit NICs without MDI-X in order to transfer files between them and is unable to locate a switch with gigabit ports. Which of the following types of cables would allow the technician to connect the servers to obtain the FASTEST transfer rate possible? A. Rollover cables B. CAT6 crossover cables C. CAT6 straight-through cables D. CAT5 straight-through cables

B

A server unexpectedly shut down as a result of overheating. An alert was sent to the administrator's email address but the administrator was away from the workstation when the alert arrived. Which of the following would have been a more effective method for sending the alert notification? A. Broadcast messages B. SMS messages C. Telephone calls D. Console notifications

B

A server's runtime during power outages is too short to shut down properly. A system technician is asked to remediate the problem. Which of the following would be the result of adding additional batteries to the UPS? A. Increased load balancing B. Extended uptime C. Greater efficiency D. Increased power output

B

A system administrator notices that a server is consistently getting slower and less responsive the longer it has been since the last reboot. Once the server is rebooted, the system performs at the expected baseline, but starts slowing down again until the system is unresponsive. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem? A. OS performance misconfiguration B. Service/application memory leak C. Incorrect server resource specifications D. Corrupted application files

B

A technician has finished installing the operating system on a new server and needs to provide IP addressing information. The server will be connected to the DMZ network. Devices on the network use a default gateway address of 192.168.55.1. Which of the following is a valid IP address for a server in the DMZ network? A. IP: 192.168.55.1, NETMASK 255.255.255.0 B. IP: 192.168.55.5, NETMASK 255.255.255.128 C. IP: 192.168.55.155, NETMASK 255.255.255.128 D. IP: 192.168.55.255, NETMASK 255.255.255.0

B

A technician notices a rack mounted server is beeping without booting up. The NEXT step to diagnose this issue would be to: A. continue to power cycle the server until it boots normally. B. count the beeps and reference the service manual. C. disable the alarm within the server. D. install the server into a different rack.

B

An administrator wishes to use KVM remotely to monitor and control a server farm. In order to perform this function: A. remote control must be disabled on each server. B. the host must be reachable via the IP address. C. a serial cable must be available. D. a monitor must be attached to every server.

B

In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to implement a backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as long as compatible hardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this requirement? A. Incremental B. Bare metal C. Snapshot D. Full

B

Several of the finance department computers are experiencing timeouts while in their financial program. The program will not open or close; however, the previous day the program was running without issues. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this problem? A. Service priority B. Rogue processes C. Firewall problem D. Processor affinity

B

Users on a network segment report that they are unable to connect to a newly installed file server. The file server IP address settings are as follows: IP address: 10.0.10.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 10.10.10.1 Which of the following changes should the server administrator make? A. Change the IP address on the server to 10.10.0.254. B. Change the IP address on the server to 10.10.10.254. C. Change the default gateway on the server to 10.10.10.254. D. Change the subnet mask on the server to 255.255.0.0.

B

Which of the following methods should a technician perform to properly clear a hard drive before disposal? A. Delete the FAT B. Zero all block sectors C. Delete the partition D. Zero the NTFS journal

B

A technician needs to add a processor to a server. Which of the following specifications should the technician examine? (Select THREE). A. Bus multiplier B. Processor speed C. Socket type D. Processor stepping E. L3 cache size F. Thermal specifications

B,C,D

Which of the following are required characteristics of database servers in high transaction environments? (Select THREE). A. Two-factor authentication B. High bandwidth C. Higher RPM drives D. Load balancing E. High latency F. Hotswappable drives G. Encryption

B,C,D

A server technician is performing a server installation. This server must be able to resolve host names for users running a variety of client operating systems. At a minimum, which of the following services should be enabled on the new server? (Select TWO). A. NAT B. DNS C. LDAP D. WINS E. SNMP F. DHCP

B,D

A hardware compatibility list recommends striping with double parity as storage for an application. In a test environment, a technician realizes that a different RAID level can be used to compensate for a limited number of available disks. Which of the following is the closest RAID level the technician should deploy while minimizing the number of disks and maintaining fault tolerance? A. 0 B. 1 C. 5 D. 10

C

A line-of-business software patch notification is received. The notification indicates that version 5.0 of the software has new features that the accounting department has been expecting. The update requires a new version of the OS and new version of SQL on the server. Which of the following should the administrator perform FIRST? A. Schedule downtime to update the OS and SQL on the server. B. Download and test the new version. C. Develop a plan to build a test server. D. Request feedback from the accounting department.

C

A new DHCP server is placed on a network segment during off hours. When work resumes, users on a different network segment report connectivity issues. Users on the same network segment report no connectivity issues. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the connectivity issues? A. The DHCP server was configured without specifying a WINS server address for the users. B. The DHCP server was configured without specifying a DNS server address for the users. C. The DHCP relay agent was not configured on the adjacent network segment. D. The DHCP server was configured to use private IP addressing to all network segments.

C

A server administrator is researching the purchase of SSD for a server. The administrator receives a report from the datacenter technician detailing current storage requirements and future growth planning estimates as follows: ServerA: Current-15TB-Future-50% growth ServerB: Current-20TB-Future-80% growth Based on this report, which of the following represents the MINIMUM storage requirements needed? A. ServerA-18TB, ServerB-24TB B. ServerA-22TB, ServerB-22TB C. ServerA-23TB, ServerB-36TB D. ServerA-25TB, ServerB-40TB

C

A server technician is connecting a server to a switch in the server room. Both the server and the switch are equipped with 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. Which of the following cable choices would produce the BEST throughput? A. CAT6 rollover cable B. CAT5e straight-through cable C. CAT6 straight-through cable D. CAT5e crossover cable

C

A system administrator needs to install an operating system onto a new server in a remote location using PXE. Which of the following methods will BEST accomplish this? A. SSH B. RDP C. TFTP D. HTTP

C

A technician has traveled to a company's alternate site to assess current operations of the network infrastructure. Following the assessment, the technician has informed management that everything is operational, with all applications and data mirrored. Which of the following types of site does the company have? A. Warm site B. Cold site C. Hot site D. Standby site

C

A technician is assigned a task to configure a new server with six hard drives. The senior administrator requested the technician utilize the drives for maximum fault tolerance. Which of the following RAID configurations should the technician use? A. RAID 3 B. RAID 5 C. RAID 10 D. RAID 0

C

A technician is installing an operating system on a server using source files on a USB storage device. The technician is unable to boot to the USB device using different USB ports on the server. Which of the following should the technician do to ensure that the operating system can be installed from the USB storage? A. Copy the source files to a CD B. Install the latest USB device drivers C. Reconfigure the boot order D. Update the BIOS firmware

C

A technician is tasked to build a server requiring the fastest possible performance. Which of the following would achieve this requirement? A. 10,000 RPM SATA B. 15,000 RPM SAS C. SSD D. USB

C

An ISP is currently drafting and compiling a Service Level Agreement that states there should only be 5.26 minutes of downtime per year, 25.9 seconds per month, and 6.05 seconds per week. Which of the following percentages should be used to meet these metrics? A. 99.9% B. 99.99% C. 99.999% D. 99.9999%

C

An administrator is asked to change a configuration using a GUI on a Windows server, but does not have access to a KVM. Which of the following is BEST to make the change? A. SSH B. SCP C. RDP D. NTP

C

An administrator is securing a secure web server by disabling ports. After completing this process, clients cannot access the secure web server. The administrator should now go back and verify whether which of the following ports is enabled? A. 23 B. 389 C. 443 D. 445

C

An emergency power off accidentally occurs in a datacenter during a fire alarm test. On recovery, the server administrator notices that an external storage array is performing consistency checks on all the volumes configured in the array. Which of the following components of the storage array has MOST likely failed or faulted? A. Redundant controller B. Cold spare drive C. Battery backed cache D. Cache memory modules

C

An organization has agreed on the software that will be used to virtualize the company's web servers. Which of the following should the administrator reference prior to purchasing physical servers to be deployed as hosts in the new virtual architecture? A. The vendor's software compatibility list B. The vendor's service level agreement C. The vendor's hardware compatibility list D. The vendor's end user licensing agreement

C

Swap space or page file is reserved on the: A. motherboard. B. memory. C. hard disk. D. CPU.

C

The IT director instructed the systems administrator to build a server to support the accounting department's file growth. The IT director requested that the accounting users have the ability to encrypt their files; however, the accounting users have reported the inability to encrypt their files. Which of the following file system types is MOST likely causing this issue? A. QFS B. ZFS C. FAT32 D. CIFS E. ext4

C

Two servers are to be configured for high availability in a cluster. Both servers will be running applications at the same time. This feature is know as: A. round robin. B. heartbeat. C. active/active. D. active/passive.

C

When troubleshooting a failed backup, a technician runs the backup using the same tape but on a different tape drive in the same tape library. The backup fails again. Which of the following should be the FIRST item the technician should examine as a failure? A. Tape drive B. Tape library C. Tape media D. Tape capacity

C

Which of the following protocols can be used to perform configuration management on a remote server using the MOST secure methods? (Select TWO). A. SMTP B. DHCP C. RDP D. SSH E. TELNET F. DNS

C,D

As a best practice, which of the following should be determined prior to provisioning a server? (Select TWO). A. User accounts B. Group accounts C. Hostname D. MAC address E. Domain name F. IP address

C,F

A system administrator wants to assure that a server is responsive. Which of the following networking tools should the administrator use to verify network connectivity? A. arp B. netstat C. ipconfig D. ping

D

A technician is called upon to add storage to a database server. The database administrator needs the maximum performance for accessing many small files. Which of the following specifications should the technician focus on when selecting the drive to add to the server? A. Form factor B. Capacity C. Bus bandwidth D. Seek time

D

A technician is experiencing overheating on a rack mounted server. After powering off and removing the cover of the server, a large amount of dust is noticed on one of the fans. After cleaning out the dust and powering the server back on, the server is still overheating. Which of the following would BEST explain this issue? A. The power supply has failed. B. The server is using excessive power. C. The hard drives are running too hot. D. Some of the cooling fans are defective.

D

A technician is replacing a faulty NIC in a server. According to best practices, which of the following should be used to configure the IP address on the server? A. DNS reservation B. DHCP IP address C. DHCP reservation D. Static IP address

D

A technician is troubleshooting a Linux server and wants to inspect the free disk space on the /dev/sda partition of the system. Which of the following command line tools should the administrator run to view available disk space on the partition? A. dd B. du C. ls D. df

D

A network administrator is installing additional devices on the network. Currently, the network segment is utilizing all allocated IP addresses. If there are additional addresses available, which of the following would be BEST for the network administrator to perform to accommodate the new network devices? A. Create a new DHCP scope for the network segment in question. B. Configure the DHCP server for IPv6. C. Configure the network to use NAT for the network segment in question. D. Increase the size of the DHCP scope for the network segment in question.

D

An administrator needs to deploy 1000 servers in a short period of time. Which of the following deployment methods will expedite the OS installations? A. Use disk duplicating software. B. Use USB disk images to deploy servers. C. Use a disk replicator. D. Use PXE boot to retrieve an image.

D

An administrator needs to perform a backup of all servers for an upcoming disaster recovery exercise at a company cold site. Which of the following types of backup should be performed? A. Snapshot B. Incremental C. Differential D. Full

D

Clients cannot connect to the network. A technician determines that port 68 is not open. Which of the following protocols is being blocked? A. POP3 B. DNS C. LDAP D. DHCP

D

Network devices between two firewalls are included in which of the following? A. VPN B. SAN C. VLAN D. DMZ

D

Two new applications have been added to a working server. The server response is now very slow. An appropriate plan of action is to: A. uninstall each server application and reinstall the two new applications. B. install another application to see if this improves the server response time. C. install antivirus and malware software. D. uninstall the newly installed applications one at a time.

D

Users report that an application is unable to connect to a server on the same network segment. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason? A. The external firewall is preventing access to the server. B. The DMZ is incorrectly configured. C. The syslog server detects malware on the server. D. The application is using a port that is closed on the server.

D

Which of the following is a benefit of utilizing a type 2 hypervisor to manage guests? A. The administration of the guest OS is significantly less complex. B. There is reduced resource overhead since there is no OS layer. C. A type 2 hypervisor offers increased performance over a type 1 hypervisor. D. There is increased hardware support since there is an OS layer.

D