Question 1

An application update that provides new features was just released. Which of the following is the BEST way to deliver this to the users?

Accepted Answer

A)  Download and install the update immediately 
B)  Install the update after change management review 
C)  Use an isolated environment to deploy and test the update 
D)  Wait for sufficient time to pass to determine if the update is safe

Question 2

The shortest time to recovery method in the event of a complete datacenter failure is to utilize a:

Accepted Answer

A)  warm site. 
B)  hot site. 
C)  cold site. 
D)  private cloud. 
E)  hybrid cloud.

Question 3

An administrator is selecting hardware for a new server that must be able to recover from minor memory issues. Which of the following is the BEST selection to ensure continued memory reliability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Error-correcting code 
B)  Double data rate 3 
C)  Non-uniform memory access 
D)  Advanced micro devices - virtualization

Question 4

Users report accessing a volume on the server is very slow. The server is located in a department break room. A network administrator checks the problem and determines one of the hard drives from the RAID 5 array has been stolen, and the array contains PII data. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) wants to know which data is likely to be available to the thief. Which of the following should be the network administrator's response?

Accepted Answer

A)  Since a RAID 5 array uses parity, all the data on the drive could be recovered. 
B)  Since the drive contains RAW data from a broken array, some data could be recovered with difficulty. 
C)  Since the drive contains a duplicate of the other drives, all the data on the array will be available. 
D)  Since a RAID 5 array stripes the data evenly over all the drives, no information could be recovered.

Question 5

Which of the following is a reason to have a remote cold site readily available in case of a disaster in the primary datacenter?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provides a company with a redundant location that mirrors the primary datacenter hardware but requires no data restoration. 
B)  It provides a company with a backup location to install the necessary equipment to restore critical services. 
C)  It provides a company with a backup location equipped with resources necessary for immediate restoration of critical services. 
D)  It provides a company with a redundant location that mirrors the primary datacenter hardware and data.

Question 6

Which of the following internal storage devices has the GREATEST storage capacity and is WORM media?

Accepted Answer

A)  CD-RW 
B)  CD-R 
C)  DVD-RW 
D)  Flash

Question 7

A technician is concerned about memory data corruption in a server. Which of the following memory types should be considered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Static 
B)  SDRAM 
C)  Dynamic 
D)  ECC

Question 8

An administrator notices that several servers have become noticeably slower. Logs show that an optional update was applied to these same servers. A BEST practice before running updates is:

Accepted Answer

A)  to run a performance baseline 
B)  to update the BIOS firmware 
C)  to have a complete backup of the server 
D)  to restart the servers

Question 9

A server technician wishes to buy the best possible server for RAID 5. Which of the following types of servers is BEST suited for RAID 5?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tower servers 
B)  Redundant servers 
C)  Blade servers 
D)  Stand-alone servers

Question 10

A new server was installed. Most clients are located in the same subnet as the server and can successfully access the server. Clients located on different subnets have been unable to access the server, but have no trouble accessing other servers on their subnet. Which of the following is the reason that these clients are unable to access the server?

Accepted Answer

A)  DHCP has assigned the wrong addresses. 
B)  Incorrect default gateway on the server. 
C)  DNS entries were not created. 
D)  WINS server is not responding.

Question 11

A system administrator is tasked to set up a file server. The file server must be able to support access control lists and logging for auditing purposes. To meet these requirements, with which of the following file system types should the administrator format the file system?

Accepted Answer

A)  SMB 
B)  NTFS 
C)  VMFS 
D)  CIFS

Question 12

Which of the following methods should a technician perform to properly clear a hard drive before disposal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delete the FAT 
B)  Zero all block sectors 
C)  Delete the partition 
D)  Zero the NTFS journal

Question 13

When attempting to restore a folder from a backup, a systems administrator receives an error stating the media is corrupted and must be erased. The administrator tries several tapes and receives the same error. Which of the following would the administrator MOST likely do to ensure future backups are usable? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Perform backups with verify 
B)  Perform random test restores 
C)  Verify the backup tapes are labeled correctly 
D)  Verify the tapes offer enough capacity 
E)  Perform only full backups

Question 14

A server is connected to a switch, and the server is experiencing erratic connectivity issues. Which of the following should be checked FIRST?

Accepted Answer

A)  Routing 
B)  Speed settings 
C)  Duplex settings 
D)  NAT settings

Question 15

A company is being audited by its operating system vendor. The company needs to report the number of operating systems in use, the versions of the operating systems, and the product keys. Which of the following will be MOST helpful in passing the audit?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asset management documentation 
B)  Change management logs 
C)  Service manuals 
D)  Server baselines

Question 16

A technician is having problems sending a notification from a server. The technician suspects the firewall may be blocking traffic. Which of the following clients can be used to confirm the technician's suspicions?

Accepted Answer

A)  traceroute 
B)  sendmail 
C)  nslookup 
D)  telnet

Question 17

An administrator needs to back up files from a server to the cloud. The administrator must select the most efficient type of backup technology that will update file changes the fastest and utilize the least amount of bandwidth. Which of the following backup technologies should the administrator select?

Accepted Answer

A)  File-level backups 
B)  Block-level backups 
C)  Snapshot-level backups 
D)  Folder-level backups

Question 18

A SAN attached production file server is required to be backed up nightly according to company policy. Recently the data to be backed up has increased to approximately 4TB. Currently, the server has a single attached LTO2 tape drive. Which of the following should the server administrator do to provide enough backup capacity for the nightly job?

Accepted Answer

A)  Replace the backup software with a more efficient application. 
B)  Reduce the amount of data to be backed up. 
C)  Replace the LTO2 tape drive with an LTO3 tape drive. 
D)  Replace the single tape drive with a tape library.

Question 19

A server technician is applying a security patch to an active-passive failover SQL cluster. However, the cluster must continue to service clients during the process with limited outages. Given this scenario, which of the following should the technician do to adhere to these maintenance requirements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Failover back to the original active node once the patching is complete 
B)  Keep services failed over to passive node once patching is complete 
C)  Move services to the active node and repeat for the passive node 
D)  Patch the passive node, failover, and patch the other node

Question 20

Which of the following BEST describes RAID 10?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mirroring with striping 
B)  Mirroring with fault tolerance 
C)  Striping 
D)  Striping with distributed parity

Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam