Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam

A technician needs to install six blade servers. Which of the following MUST a technician install along with the blades?

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?

An administrator uses a DVD to upgrade an application on a server. After completing the upgrade, the administrator restarts the server, but it does not launch the OS correctly. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the boot failure?

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 technician needs to install a Type 1 hypervisor on a server. The server has SD card slots, a SAS controller, and a SATA controller, and it is attached to a NAS. On which of the following drive types should the technician install the hypervisor?

When attempting to diagnose service access issues between multiple hosts that coordinate information, which of the following can be used to track dependencies?

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 server technician has just finished provisioning a Windows server offline. Per company policy, all servers' network settings must be configured manually. The technician is able to ping the IP addresses of servers on multiple networks. When attempting to join the server to the domain, the technician receives the error: Cannot find domain controller . Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this issue?

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?

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 server technician is connecting a server directly to a multilayer switch, without MDI-X. Which of the following cables should the server technician use?

Which of the following RAID arrays performs mirroring of the disks first, then striping of the disks?

Which of the following server types is commonly used for authentication and credential storage?

A server fails to boot. During POST, the technician hears one long beep and two short beeps. Which of the following should the technician reference to determine what hardware has failed?

For a technician to test network connectivity to a remote host on a Unix Server which of the following commands should they run?

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?

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?

An administrator is asked to harden a Linux server after installing the OS. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?

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 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?