Question 1

A systems administrator has migrated an internal application to a public cloud. The new web server is running under a TLS connection and has the same TLS certificate as the internal application that is deployed. However, the IT department reports that only internal users who are using new versions of the OSs are able to load the application home page. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  The local firewall from older OSs is not allowing outbound connections. 
B)  The local firewall from older OSs is not allowing inbound connections. 
C)  The cloud web server is using a self-signed certificate that is not supported by older browsers. 
D)  The cloud web server is using strong ciphers that are not supported by older browsers.

Question 2

A marketing team is using a SaaS-based service to send emails to large groups of potential customers. The internally managed CRM system is configured to generate a list of target customers automatically on a weekly basis, and then use that list to send emails to each customer as part of a marketing campaign. Last week, the first email campaign sent emails successfully to 3,000 potential customers. This week, the email campaign attempted to send out 50,000 emails, but only 10,000 were sent. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for not sending all the emails?

Accepted Answer

A)  API request limit 
B)  Incorrect billing account 
C)  Misconfigured auto-scaling 
D)  Bandwidth limitation

Question 3

A systems administrator is trying to establish an RDP session from a desktop to a server in the cloud. However, the connection appears to be refused even through the VM is responding to ICMP echo requests. Which of the following should the administrator check FIRST?

Accepted Answer

A)  The firewall 
B)  The subnet 
C)  The gateway 
D)  The services

Question 4

After a hardware upgrade on a private cloud system, the systems administrator notices a considerable drop in network performance. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  The driver 
B)  The memory 
C)  The cluster placement 
D)  The CPU

Question 5

A company just successfully completed a DR test and is ready to shut down its DR site and resume normal operations. Which of the following actions should the cloud administrator take FIRST?

Accepted Answer

A)  Initiate a failover. 
B)  Restore backups. 
C)  Configure the network. 
D)  Perform a failback.

Question 6

A systems administrator is provisioning VMs in a cloud environment and has been told to select an OS build with the furthest end-of-life date. Which of the following OS builds would be BEST for the systems administrator to use?

Accepted Answer

A)  Open-source 
B)  LTS 
C)  Canary 
D)  Beta 
E)  Stable

Question 7

A cloud administrator is reviewing a new application implementation document. The administrator needs to make sure all the known bugs and fixes are applied, and unwanted ports and services are disabled. Which of the following techniques would BEST help the administrator assess these business requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Performance testing 
B)  Usability testing 
C)  Vulnerability testing 
D)  Regression testing

Question 8

Users of an enterprise application, which is configured to use SSO, are experiencing slow connection times. Which of the following should be done to troubleshoot the issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  • Perform a memory dump of the OS. • Analyze the memory dump. • Upgrade the host CPU to a higher clock speed CPU. 
B)  • Perform a packet capture during authentication. • Validate the load-balancing configuration. • Analyze the network throughput of the load balancer. 
C)  • Analyze the storage system IOPS. • Increase the storage system capacity. • Replace the storage system disks to SSD. 
D)  • Evaluate the OS ACLs. • Upgrade the router firmware. • Increase the memory of the router.

Question 9

An organization's web server farm, which is hosted in the cloud with DNS load balancing, is experiencing a spike in network traffic. This has caused an outage of the organization's web server infrastructure. Which of the following should be implemented to prevent this in the future as a mitigation method?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enable DLP. 
B)  Configure microsegmentation. 
C)  Enable DNSSEC. 
D)  Deploy a vADC appliance.

Question 10

A company has developed a cloud-ready application. Before deployment, an administrator needs to select a deployment technology that provides a high level of portability and is lightweight in terms of footprint and resource requirements. Which of the following solutions will be BEST to help the administrator achieve the requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Containers 
B)  Infrastructure as a code 
C)  Desktop virtualization 
D)  Virtual machines

Question 11

After accidentally uploading a password for an IAM user in plain text, which of the following should a cloud administrator do FIRST? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify the resources that are accessible to the affected IAM user. 
B)  Remove the published plain-text password. 
C)  Notify users that a data breach has occurred. 
D)  Change the affected IAM user's password. 
E)  Delete the affected IAM user.

Question 12

Which of the following will provide a systems administrator with the MOST information about potential attacks on a cloud IaaS instance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Network flows 
B)  FIM 
C)  Software firewall 
D)  HIDS

Question 13

A cloud administrator would like to deploy a cloud solution to its provider using automation techniques. Which of the following must be used? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Auto-scaling 
B)  Tagging 
C)  Playbook 
D)  Templates 
E)  Containers
F) Serverless

Question 14

A systems administrator in a large enterprise needs to alter the configuration of one of the finance department's database servers. Which of the following should the administrator perform FIRST?

Accepted Answer

A)  Capacity planning 
B)  Change management 
C)  Backups 
D)  Patching

Question 15

A systems administrator swapped a failed hard drive on a server with a RAID 5 array. During the RAID resynchronization, a second hard drive failed. Which of the following actions will make the server fully operational?

Accepted Answer

A)  Restart the RAID resynchronization process. 
B)  Perform a P2V migration of the server. 
C)  Swap the failed hard drive with a fresh one. 
D)  Restore the server from backup.

Question 16

A cloud administrator has finished setting up an application that will use RDP to connect. During testing, users experience a connection timeout error. Which of the following will MOST likely solve the issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Checking user passwords 
B)  Configuring QoS rules 
C)  Enforcing TLS authentication 
D)  Opening TCP port 3389

Question 17

A systems administrator would like to reduce the network delay between two servers. Which of the following will reduce the network delay without taxing other system resources?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decrease the MTU size on both servers. 
B)  Adjust the CPU resources on both servers. 
C)  Enable compression between the servers. 
D)  Configure a VPN tunnel between the servers.

Question 18

A company is utilizing a private cloud solution that is hosted within its datacenter. The company wants to launch a new business application, which requires the resources below:  The current private cloud has 30 vCPUs and 512GB RAM available. The company is looking for a quick solution to launch this application, with expected maximum sessions to be close to 24,000 at launch and an average of approximately 5,000 sessions. Which of the following solutions would help to company accommodate the new workload in the SHORTEST amount of time and with the maximum financial benefits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Configure auto-scaling within the private cloud. 
B)  Set up cloud bursting for the additional resources. 
C)  Migrate all workloads to a public cloud provider. 
D)  Add more capacity to the private cloud.

Question 19

A company is switching from one cloud provider to another and needs to complete the migration as quickly as possible. Which of the following is the MOST important consideration to ensure a seamless migration?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cost of the environment 
B)  The I/O of the storage 
C)  Feature compatibility 
D)  Network utilization

Question 20

A cloud administrator is building a new VM for machine-learning training. The developer requesting the VM has stated that the machine will need a full GPU dedicated to it. Which of the following configuration options would BEST meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virtual GPU 
B)  External GPU 
C)  Passthrough GPU 
D)  Shared GPU

Exam 7: CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-002)