Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

An administrator is selecting hardware for a new application. There is no SAN storage available. The application requires 2.2TB of storage space, and the server has four available drive bays. Which of the following drive types will BEST meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  250GB 15000rpm SAS 
B)  500GB 10000rpm SAS 
C)  512GB SSD 
D)  750GB 7200rpm SAS

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Establish an action plan. 
B)  Perform a root cause analysis. 
C)  Document the findings. 
D)  Identify the problem and scope.

Question 4

While installing patches, a systems administrator is disconnected from a server. The administrator attempts to ping the server and receives no response. Which of the following tools is MOST likely to help in this situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  RDP 
B)  iLO 
C)  VNC 
D)  SSH

Question 5

A USB drive has been purchased to move files between Windows, *nix, and Macintosh servers. Which of the following filesystems is the BEST choice to ensure the drive can read and be written to by all of the servers?

Accepted Answer

A)  ext2 
B)  FAT32 
C)  NTFS 
D)  UFS

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disable write access 
B)  Disable WOL 
C)  Disable TPM 
D)  Disable physical ports

Question 7

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  SSH 
B)  SCP 
C)  NTP 
D)  FTP

Question 8

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

An administrator is working on a server with two CPUs. The administrator runs the uptime command and sees the following: 17:52        3 days        12 users 12.0        15.2        17.2 Several users are complaining that their user sessions are running slowly. Which of the following should the administrator do NEXT?

Accepted Answer

A)  Run ps -ef to find processes consuming excessive memory Run ps -ef to find processes consuming excessive memory 
B)  Run top to find processes with high wait states top to find processes with high wait states 
C)  Run who -r to find which user is using excessive processing capacity who -r to find which user is using excessive processing capacity 
D)  Run ping -t to find users using excessive amounts of network bandwidth ping -t to find users using excessive amounts of network bandwidth

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deploy the software to production 
B)  Deploy the software in a sandbox 
C)  Uninstall the application software 
D)  Uninstall the software updates

Question 11

A large number of connections to port 80 is discovered while reviewing the log files on a server. The server is not functioning as a web server. Which of the following represent the BEST immediate actions to prevent unauthorized server access? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Audit all group privileges and permissions 
B)  Run a checksum tool against all the files on the server 
C)  Stop all unneeded services and block the ports on the firewall 
D)  Initialize a port scan on the server to identify open ports 
E)  Enable port forwarding on port 80
F) Install a NIDS on the server to prevent network intrusions

Question 12

A systems administrator is experiencing slowness with an application. Users are reporting the same problem. Which of the following documents would MOST likely be used to determine the cause of the slowness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Network diagram 
B)  Server manuals 
C)  Dataflow diagram 
D)  Recovery documentation

Question 13

A system administrator has just performed a backup. Which of the following should the administrator perform to easily identify the backup tape?

Accepted Answer

A)  Label the tape 
B)  Mount the tape in the drive 
C)  Place the tape in the rack 
D)  Update the site log

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  rw-rw-r-- 
B)  r--r--r-- 
C)  rwxrwxr-- 
D)  rwxrwxr-x

Question 15

Which of the following is the MOST redundant power solution?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 16

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased load balancing 
B)  Extended uptime 
C)  Greater efficiency 
D)  Increased power output

Question 17

Which of the following describes an alternate site where only the infrastructure (building, power, cooling) has been established?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mirror site 
B)  Warm site 
C)  Hot site 
D)  Cold site

Question 18

A technician runs report and notices utilization on one of the application servers in a round-robin pool is much lower than the others. Which of the following services should be checked FIRST to ensure the server is being fully utilized?

Accepted Answer

A)  File services 
B)  DHCP 
C)  ARP 
D)  Cluster services

Question 19

A technician is trying to configure a NIC on a server. Which of the following is an invalid method to express subnetting?

Accepted Answer

A)  /24 
B)  192.168.0.1 
C)  255.254.0.1 
D)  255.255.255.0

Question 20

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  DNS 
B)  DHCP 
C)  HTTPS 
D)  SFTP

Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam