Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam

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?

When configuring networking on a VM, which of the following methods would allow multiple VMs to share the same host IP address?

Which of the following is a benefit of using raised floors with specially configured tiles in a server room?

Which of the following services provides users with directory services?

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?

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 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 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).

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 backup administrator has created a schedule to run a full backup on Friday and an incremental backup Monday through Thursday. On which of the following days of the week will the backup clear the archive bit on files during the backup?

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 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?

Which of the following backup types only records changes to the data blocks on a virtual machine?

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?

Which of the following methods should be used when classified or sensitive data is stored on a server?

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?

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).

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 server administrator needs to validate the integrity of all system files. Which of the following methods should the administrator use?

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?