Which of the following factors would cause a technician to select a hard drive over an SSD as a primary storage medium?
Which of the following protocols is used primarily for monitoring and managing network devices?
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 new server has two drives and a RAID controller. Which of the following is an option for configuring the storage on this server?
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 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 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?
Which of the following is BEST described as a storage system that can be connected to multiple servers through a fiber channel?
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?
Which of the following protocols is considered stateless and utilizes TCP when communicating between a server and client?
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 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 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 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?
When attempting to diagnose service access issues between multiple hosts that coordinate information, which of the following can be used to track dependencies?
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?
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?
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 technician notices a rack mounted server is beeping without booting up. The NEXT step to diagnose this issue would be to:
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 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 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 technician is installing a 2U rack mount server. The necessary rack space height to accommodate the server is:
When using multifactor authentication, which of the following represents “something you have”?
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?
Clients cannot connect to the network. A technician determines that port 68 is not open. Which of the following protocols is being blocked?
In a PKI, which of the following represents the top level of a certificate authority?
A server has two power supplies. If power is lost to the second power supply, which of the following will occur?
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 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 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 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 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?
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?
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.)
An administrator needs to run five CAT6 cable runs to a new server. Which of the following steps should the administrator do FIRST?
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 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 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?
Which of the following server types requires the LARGEST amount of available hard drive space?
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 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 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 system administrator has just performed a backup. Which of the following should the administrator perform to easily identify the backup tape?
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 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?
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 technician wants to implement a grandfather-father-son tape rotation policy. Which of the following implements this backup strategy?
Which of the following should a systems administrator create to enable network connectivity on a virtual machine? (Choose two.)
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 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?
Which of the following can occur if the maximum rated load is exceeded on an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)?
An IT manager noticed that specific directories’ permissions are being changed by users. Which of the following will prevent this from occurring?
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?
Which of the following internal storage devices has the GREATEST storage capacity and is WORM media?
Which of the following BEST describes a server where several physical server chassis are housed within an enclosure to share some redundant resources?
Which of the following security measures would be MOST effective in a datacenter that experiences frequent power surges and spikes? (Choose two.)
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?
In order for a server to fully function as a web server, which of the following default ports should be open? (Select TWO).
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 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 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 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 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.)
Which of the following MUST be configured to automate client deployment over PXE boot? (Choose two.)
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?
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:
Which of the following must be configured on printers so that the server can properly monitor details on page counts?
Which of the following is designed to guarantee that once data is written it cannot be modified? (Select TWO).
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?
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 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?
Which of the following is a storage system that can be connected to multiple servers through an iSCSI connection?
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.)
Which of the following actions will prevent a driver from being reinstalled automatically?
Which of the following will allow devices to be added without turning the server off?
An administrator has been given an OS DVD to install on a server. During setup, however, the DVD gives an
architecture mismatch warning. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?
A systems administrator was tasked with decommissioning a server that contains sensitive data. The systems
administrator powered down the server so it was no longer accessible from the network. Two weeks later,
during an investigation by security, it is discovered that an employee within the company accessed the server
that morning and attempted to access the restricted data. Physical security logs show no one entered the
server room. Which of the following hardening techniques was MOST likely neglected on this server?
Users report accessing a volume on the server is very slow. The server is located in a department break room. A network administrator checks the problem and determines one of the hard drives from the RAID 5 array has been stolen, and the array contains PII data. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) wants to know which data is likely to be available to the thief. Which of the following should be the network administrator’s response?
Users at a remote site have reported that a regularly used server is inaccessible. The systems administrator knows users at another site also use the same server, so the administrator contacts them to see if the same issue is occurring. Which of the following troubleshooting steps is this an example of?
Joe, a technician, receives an alert that one of the email servers is offline. Joe attempts to log in to the server via RDP, but the server is not processing the login, and Joe can only ping the server. Which of the following commands or tools can Joe use to reboot the server? (Choose two.)
While preparing a server for a failed component swap, a server administrator notices there is a large number of static discharges prior to connecting the ESD strap. Which of the following controlled environmental attributes could cause a large number of static shocks?
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?
After configuring a server, a technician is unable to access websites by URL but can access websites by typing in an IP address. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
Which of the following types of network cable would be BEST to attach to a high-performance server?
Which of the following would be an advantage to using a blade server as opposed to a rack mount server?
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).
Which of the following RAID levels can withstand the simultaneous loss of two physical drives in an array?
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 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?
While updates are being performed on a storage array, one of the virtual hosts loses connectivity to the
storage. The server administrator confirms the virtual host has two HBAs, which each have green LEDs
showing on the ports. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?
An administrator is sizing a new server that will run a 1TB database. One of the processor options is the size of the L2 cache. The administrator picks the processor with the least amount of L2 cache. Which of the following is an outcome of this selection?
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 server technician has produced a vulnerability report and notices a port is flagged as being susceptible to
remote attacks. Given this scenario, the technician must mitigate the vulnerability and use a “secure channel”
for remote administration. Which of the following actions BEST represents what the technician should do to
harden the server?
Which of the following PKI elements will a web server distribute to all of its clients using HTTPS?
A systems administrator is setting up a new SAN. Which of the following protocols should be used to access and manage the system?
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?
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 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 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?
Which of the following access control methods allows or blocks devices based on MAC addresses?
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?
An administrator is asked to harden a Linux server after installing the OS. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?
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 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?
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