Question 1

A stripe set of maximum size is to be configured using two physical disks. One disk has 150GB and the other has 250GB in unallocated space. Which of the following will be the size of the stripe set?

Accepted Answer

A)  150GB 
B)  300GB 
C)  400GB 
D)  500GB

Question 2

A technician runs top on a dual-core server and notes the following conditions: top -- 14:32:27, 364 days, 14 users  load average 60.5 12.4 13.6 Which of the following actions should the administrator take?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schedule a mandatory reboot of the server 
B)  Wait for the load average to come back down on its own 
C)  Identify the runaway process or processes 
D)  Request that users log off the server

Question 3

A company deploys antivirus, anti-malware, and firewalls that can be assumed to be functioning properly. Which of the following is the MOST likely system vulnerability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Insider threat 
B)  Worms 
C)  Ransomware 
D)  Open ports 
E)  Two-person integrity

Question 4

FILE-SERVER-1 is being decommissioned. A server technician powers off the server labeled FILE-SERVER-1 only to find out the label on the server was incorrect, causing an outage. Which of the following could have helped avoid this outage?

Accepted Answer

A)  IP address 
B)  Recovery documentation 
C)  Hardware inventory 
D)  Network diagram

Question 5

A system administrator is tasked to enable authentication on a web server's login page. One of the requirements for the web server is to encrypt authenticated sessions over HTTP protocol for all static HTML pages. Using the information supplied, which of the following default port numbers should be used to satisfy these requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  53 
B)  8080 
C)  143 
D)  443

Question 6

A server technician is walking through the server room and notices a red or amber light on a drive in the server. No alerts have been received. Which of the following should be checked FIRST on the server?

Accepted Answer

A)  RAID configuration utility 
B)  Performance monitor 
C)  Air flow 
D)  Temperature sensors

Question 7

An administrator has just upgraded a server from non-hot plug storage to all hot plug storage. The administrator powers up the server, during POST the RAID controller is recognized but none of the drive lights flash. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST to troubleshoot the problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Check the backplane cabling. 
B)  Check the server BIOS. 
C)  Update the RAID controller firmware. 
D)  Install the latest hard drive firmware.

Question 8

A server technician is reviewing a server and notices the server hard disk supports up to 15000rpm. The technician is reviewing whether the hard drive can be upgraded from 40GB to 136GB for primary storage size. Given this scenario, which of the following is the technician MOST likely to do next ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Procure a 136GB SAS interface storage device 
B)  Procure a 136GB SATA interface storage device 
C)  Procure a 136GB USB interface storage device 
D)  Procure a 136GB FireWare interface storage device

Question 9

An administrator receives a call from a user who is unable to receive email. After checking the workstation and email settings the administrator is still not able to determine the problem. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the administrator should take?

Accepted Answer

A)  Create an action plan. 
B)  Escalate the issue. 
C)  Reboot the mail server. 
D)  Document the solution.

Question 10

An administrator notes that after a recent power outage, some open files were corrupted on one affected file server. Which of the following items should the administrator consider to determine the cause of this corruption?

Accepted Answer

A)  The servers memory 
B)  The servers RAID controller battery 
C)  The servers processor 
D)  The servers NIC teaming configuration

Question 11

Users report they periodically cannot access shares on a file server. The file server has a static IP address of 10.4.0.130. A technician discovers a message about an IP address conflict appearing on the file server. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST to resolve this issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Create a DHCP reservation 
B)  Enable DNS options 
C)  Increase the DHCP scope range 
D)  Reconfigure the default gateway on the server

Question 12

An IT manager needs to purchase client access licenses for servers. The network has ten workstations and 100 on-site users. Which of the following licensing models should the systems administrator recommend ?

Accepted Answer

A)  per user licensing 
B)  per CPU licensing 
C)  per operating system licensing 
D)  per device licensing

Question 13

Employees working for a company were harmed by toxic fumes during a fire. To prevent this from reoccurring, which of the following cable types is SAFEST to use?

Accepted Answer

A)  CAT6 cables 
B)  Plenum cables 
C)  Fiber cables 
D)  Coaxial cables

Question 14

After applying a set of OS patches, a systems administrator finds that, on reboot, a server hangs with a blinking cursor after the system POST. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attempt to reload the master boot record 
B)  Replace the boot drive, and reinstall the OS 
C)  Restore the server from backup 
D)  Clone the boot drive to another hard drive

Question 15

After installing a second processor and corresponding heatsink into a server, an administrator notices that the new processor is not showing up during POST. Which of the following could be the cause of this issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  The power supply is not sufficient to power the server. 
B)  The voltage regulator module (VRM) was not installed. 
C)  The IRQ setting was not set. 
D)  The DMA setting was not set.

Question 16

An administrator receives a call from a user who is unable to receive email. After troubleshooting the administrator is able to resolve the issue and verify that user is able to access email again. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the administrator should take?

Accepted Answer

A)  Implement preventative measures. 
B)  Close the issue. 
C)  Document the outcome. 
D)  Other users to make sure they are not having the same issue.

Question 17

An administrator is given the following network information to configure a server with a static IP address: 10.152.0.4/21. Which of the following is the subnet mask for the given IP address?

Accepted Answer

A)  255.248.0.0 
B)  255.255.128.0 
C)  255.255.248.0 
D)  255.255.255.248

Question 18

A server technician has produced a vulnerability report and notices a port is flagged as being susceptible to remote attacks. Given this scenario, the technician must mitigate the vulnerability and use a "secure channel" for remote administration. Which of the following actions BEST represents what the technician should do to harden the server?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disable SSH service on the server, enable RSH, and block port 443 at the network or server level 
B)  Disable SSH service on the server, enable rlogin, and block port 513 at the network or server level 
C)  Disable RSH service on the server, enable SSH, and block port 514 at the network or server level 
D)  Disable RDP service on the server, enable Telnet, and block port 3389 at the network or server level

Question 19

A secondary office location containing servers already configured with all necessary software and files to minimize downtime is considered to be which of the following types of disaster recovery sites?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

A technician is backing up 10 GB of data on a file server to a 250 GB external USB hard drive. After 4 GB has been backed up, the software generates an error that the size of the backup exceeds the file limit. Which of the following file system types is being used?

Accepted Answer

A)  FAT32 
B)  NTFS 
C)  VMFS 
D)  ZFS

Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam