Question 1

A technician needs to deploy an operating system that would optimize server resources. Which of the following server installation methods would BEST meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Full 
B)  Bare metal 
C)  Core 
D)  GUI

Question 2

The systems administrator is configuring the UAC on all servers to comply with a security audit. Once completed, all systems administrators will need to provide a special user account to make administrative changes. Which of the following would the systems administrator use to prevent unauthorized changes to the servers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Implement privileged access controls 
B)  Configure the servers to deny security updates 
C)  Block access to other systems administrators 
D)  Disable unneeded services

Question 3

A number of users are indicating that access to a network file server is responding very slowly when reading or writing to the share. The server administrator notes that a drive has failed in a four-disk RAID 5 array. The array is running in a degraded state because no hot spare was configured. After replacing the failed disk, which of the following steps would be BEST to take to prevent slow response after a drive failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Add a drive to the array, but do not configure it as a hot spare. 
B)  Add an additional hard drive, and convert the volume to a RAID 6 configuration. 
C)  Add an additional hard drive, and convert the volume to a RAID 10 configuration. 
D)  Add a drive to the array, and configure it as a cold spare.

Question 4

Which of the following ports should be open if a server is configured as an email server with high security for incoming connections? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  TCP 110 
B)  TCP 143 
C)  TCP 161 
D)  TCP 993 
E)  TCP 995

Question 5

An administrator is updating the server infrastructure at a company's disaster recovery site. Currently, an enormous amount of effort is required by the administrator to replicate operations. Which of the following types of site is the administrator currently using?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

A server administrator is using remote access to update a server. The administrator notices numerous error messages when using YUM to update the applications on a server. Which of the following should the administrator check FIRST?

Accepted Answer

A)  Network connectivity on the server 
B)  LVM status on the server 
C)  Disk space in the /var directory Disk space in the /var directory 
D)  YUM dependencies

Question 7

A technician wants to implement a grandfather-father-son tape rotation policy. Which of the following implements this backup strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assign a different set of tapes for daily, weekly, and monthly backups. 
B)  Use a different set of tapes for every two, four, and eight days. 
C)  Designate a different set of tapes for odd-day and even-day backups. 
D)  Use a queue to rotate tapes based on the age and usage of the tape.

Question 8

A server administrator is implementing disk redundancy in all database servers. Which of the following RAID configurations should the administrator use so that a MINIMUM number of disks are required?

Accepted Answer

A)  RAID 0 
B)  RAID 1 
C)  RAID 5 
D)  RAID 6

Question 9

Multiple users report that an application attempting to open a file retrieved from a server reports that the file is corrupted. Which of the following applications can be used on the server to verify file integrity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Checksum 
B)  Port scanner 
C)  Cipher 
D)  Anti-malware

Question 10

An administrator needs three distinct security zones in a company's network. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to implement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Host-based firewalls 
B)  A Layer 3 firewall 
C)  A web application firewall 
D)  A circuit-based firewall

Question 11

Which of the following components found in a legacy server has a 16-bit bus?

Accepted Answer

A)  USB 
B)  PCI 
C)  ISA 
D)  AGP

Question 12

A technician wants to disable USB ports on the server to prevent booting from a flash drive. Which of the following actions should the technician take to accomplish this task?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disable the USB ports on BIOS setup 
B)  Disable the USB ports on Device Manager 
C)  Disable the USB ports on Control Panel 
D)  Disable the USB ports on UAC

Question 13

A server is reporting a hard drive S.M.A.R.T. error. When a technician checks on the drive, however, it appears that all drives in the server are functioning normally. Which of the following is the reason for this issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  A S.M.A.R.T. error is a predictive failure notice. The drive will fail in the near future and should be replaced at the next earliest time possible 
B)  A S.M.A.R.T. error is a write operation error. It has detected that the write sent to the drive was incorrectly formatted and has requested a retransmission of the write from the controller 
C)  A S.M.A.R.T. error is simply a bad sector. The drive has marked the sector as bad and will continue to function properly 
D)  A S.M.A.R.T. error is an ECC error. Due to error checking and correcting, the drive has corrected the missing bit and completed the write operation correctly.

Question 14

A server administrator was asked to build a storage array with the highest possible capacity. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?

Accepted Answer

A)  RAID 0 
B)  RAID 1 
C)  RAID 5 
D)  RAID 6

Question 15

A technician is troubleshooting a server that is inaccessible to customer at a remote site but accessible to customers locally. The only configuration that has changed is the internal IP address. Which of the following still needs to be configured?

Accepted Answer

A)  DHCP 
B)  DNS 
C)  Firewall rule 
D)  Routing table

Question 16

A server that can store extensible schema and communicate using SQL for describing transactions to be performed is commonly called a:

Accepted Answer

A)  database server 
B)  directory server 
C)  web server 
D)  messaging server

Question 17

A blade server consumes 2000W at full power in a chassis that holds four power supplies. Which of the following is the MINIMUM amount of 900W power supplies needed to power the blade chassis?

Accepted Answer

A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Three 
D)  Four

Question 18

A server administrator is setting up a new set of hosts for an application that requires communication between all the hosts on a dedicated private subnet. Initially, the configuration consists of four hosts and is expected to grow to 48 total as the application is implemented for the entire company. When configuring the private subnet, which of the following CIDR netmasks would allow for the full number of hosts once the application is fully in production with the least number of unused addresses allocated?

Accepted Answer

A)  /25 
B)  /26 
C)  /27 
D)  /28

Question 19

A datacenter's redundant PDUs were recently upgraded. Each server rack is connected to the datacenter's PDUs. While testing power redundancy, one of the datacenter PDUs was turned off, and a server rack lost power completely. Which of the following scenarios BEST describes the problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rack-mounted PDU was defective. 
B)  The UPS was not connected. 
C)  The server rack shut down due to bad UPS batteries. 
D)  Both rack PDUs were connected to the same circuit.

Question 20

A systems administrator is setting up a new SAN. Which of the following protocols should be used to access and manage the system?

Accepted Answer

A)  WWN 
B)  NTP 
C)  DNS 
D)  SSH

Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam