A hardware technician is installing 19 1U servers in a 42-unit rack. The technician needs to allocate enough space per server for optimal air flow.
Which of the following unit sizes should be allocated per server?

A. 1U

B. 2U

C. 3U

D. 4U

An administrator is deploying a new secure web server. The only administration method that is permitted is to connect via RDP. Which of the following ports should be allowed? (Choose two.)

A. 53

B. 80

C. 389

D. 443

E. 445

F. 3389

G. 8080

Which of the following script types uses commands that start with Set-?

A. Batch

B. Bash

C. PowerShell

D. JavaScript

Which of the following tools will analyze network logs in real time to report on suspicious log events?

A. Syslog

B. DLP

C. SIEM

D. HIPS

An administrator has been asked to increase the storage capacity of a stand-alone file server, but no further expansion slots are available. Which of the following would be the FASTEST solution to implement with no downtime?

A. Configure a RAID array.

B. Replace the current drives with higher-capacity disks.

C. Implement FCoE for more storage capacity.

D. Connect the server to a SAN.

In which of the following media rotation schemes are daily, weekly, and monthly backup media utilized in a first-in, first-out method?

A. Waterfall

B. Synthetic full

C. Tower of Hanoi

D. Grandfather-father-son

An administrator is designing a server for use in a factory environment that contains many pieces of large electrical equipment. Which of the following would be the BEST type of cable for the administrator to use to minimize networking issues?

A. Coaxial

B. Cat 5

C. Cat 6

D. Fiber optic

A technician noted the RAID hard drives were functional while troubleshooting a motherboard failure. The technician installed a spare motherboard with similar specifications and used the original components.
Which of the following should the technician do to restore operations with minimal downtime?

A. Reinstall the OS and programs.

B. Configure old drives to RAID.

C. Reconfigure the RAID.

D. Install from backup.

Which of the following is the MOST secure method to access servers located in remote branch offices?

A. Use an MFA out-of-band solution

B. Use a Telnet connection

C. Use a password complexity policy

D. Use a role-based access policy

A server technician installs a new NIC on a server and configures the NIC for IP connectivity. The technician then tests the connection using the ping command.
Given the following partial output of the ping and ipconfig commands:
 
Which of the following caused the issue?

A. Duplicate IP address

B. Incorrect default gateway

C. DHCP misconfiguration

D. Incorrect routing table

A company has implemented a requirement to encrypt all the hard drives on its servers as part of a data loss prevention strategy. Which of the following should the company also perform as a data loss prevention method?

A. Encrypt all network traffic

B. Implement MFA on all the servers with encrypted data

C. Block the servers from using an encrypted USB

D. Implement port security on the switches

A server administrator has been asked to implement a password policy that will help mitigate the chance of a successful brute-force attack. Which of the following password policies should the administrator implement first?

A. Lockout

B. Length

C. Complexity

D. Minimum age

A technician learns users are unable to log in to a Linux server with known-working LDAP credentials. The technician logs in to the server with a local account and confirms the system is functional, can communicate over the network, and is configured correctly. However, the server log has entries regarding Kerberos errors.
Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the issue?

A. A local firewall is blocking authentication requests.

B. The users have expired passwords.

C. The system clock is off by more than five minutes.

D. The server has no access to the LDAP host.

A server technician is configuring the IP address on a newly installed server. The documented configuration specifies using an IP address of 10.20.10.15 and a default gateway of 10.20.10.254. Which of the following subnet masks would be appropriate for this setup?

A. 255.255.255.0

B. 255.255.255.128

C. 255.255.255.240

D. 255.255.255.254

A technician is building a lab to learn storage redundancy techniques. Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective method the technician can deploy?

A. FCoE

B. Hardware RAID

C. Software RAID

D. JBOD

Joe, a technician, wants to configure a server's networking information so he will no longer need to maintain a list of names and IP addresses in a file on the server. Which of the following will work BEST to accomplish this task?

A. DHCP

B. Hosts file

C. DNS

D. VLAN

A technician recently upgraded several pieces of firmware on a server. Ever since the technician rebooted the server, it no longer communicates with the network.
Which of the following should the technician do FIRST to return the server to service as soon as possible?

A. Replace the NIC

B. Make sure the NIC is on the HCL

C. Reseat the NIC

D. Downgrade the NIC firmware

A systems administrator is investigating a server with a RAID array that will not boot into the OS. The administrator notices all the hard drives are reporting to be offline. The administrator checks the RAID controller and verifies the configuration is correct. The administrator then replaces one of the drives with a known-good drive, but it appears to be unavailable as well. Next, the administrator takes a drive out of the server and places it in a spare server, and the drive is available and functional. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

A. The kernel is corrupt.

B. Resources are misallocated.

C. The backplane has failed.

D. The drives need to be reseated.

After the installation of an additional network card into a server, the server will not boot into the OS. A technician tests the network card in a different server with a different OS and verifies the card functions correctly.
Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to troubleshoot this issue?

A. Remove the original network card and attempt to boot using only the new network card.

B. Check that the BIOS is configured to recognize the second network card.

C. Ensure the server has enough RAM to run a second network card.

D. Verify the network card is on the HCL for the OS.

Two developers are working together on a project, and they have built out a set of shared servers that both developers can access over the internet. Which of the following cloud models is this an example of?

A. Hybrid

B. Public

C. Private

D. Community

Which of the following DR testing scenarios is described as verbally walking through each step of the DR plan in the context of a meeting?

A. Live failover

B. Simulated failover

C. Asynchronous

D. Tabletop

Users have noticed a server is performing below baseline expectations. While diagnosing the server, an administrator discovers disk drive performance has degraded. The administrator checks the diagnostics on the RAID controller and sees the battery on the controller has gone bad. Which of the following is causing the poor performance on the RAID array?

A. The controller has disabled the write cache.

B. The controller cannot use all the available channels.

C. The drive array is corrupt.

D. The controller has lost its configuration.

An administrator gave Ann modify permissions to a shared folder called DATA, which is located on the company server. Other users need read access to the files in this folder. The current configuration is as follows:
 
The administrator has determined Ann cannot write anything to the DATA folder using the network. Which of the following would be the best practice to set up Ann's permissions correctly, exposing only the minimum rights required?

A.

B.

C.

D.

The Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a datacenter is concerned that transmissions from the building can be detected from the outside. Which of the following would resolve this concern? (Choose two.)

A. RFID

B. Proximity readers

C. Signal blocking

D. Camouflage

E. Reflective glass

F. Bollards

A technician has received multiple reports of issues with a server. The server occasionally has a BSOD, powers off unexpectedly, and has fans that run continuously. Which of the following BEST represents what the technician should investigate during troubleshooting?

A. Firmware incompatibility

B. CPU overheating

C. LED indicators

D. ESD issues

An administrator discovers a misconfiguration that impacts all servers but can be easily corrected. The administrator has a list of affected servers and a script to correct the issue. Which of the following scripting principles should the administrator use to cycle through the list of servers to deliver the needed change?

A. Linked list

B. String

C. Loop

D. Constant

A server administrator has connected a new server to the network. During testing, the administrator discovers the server is not reachable via server name but can be accessed by IP address. Which of the following steps should the server administrator take NEXT? (Choose two.)

A. Check the default gateway.

B. Check the route tables.

C. Check the hosts file.

D. Check the DNS server.

E. Run the ping command.

F. Run the tracert command.

A server administrator is swapping out the GPU card inside a server. Which of the following actions should the administrator take FIRST?

A. Inspect the GPU that is being installed.

B. Ensure the GPU meets HCL guidelines.

C. Shut down the server.

D. Disconnect the power from the rack.

A server administrator is completing an OS installation for a new server. The administrator patches the server with the latest vendor-suggested software, configures DHCP, and verifies all network cables are properly connected in the IDF, but there is no network connectivity. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the lack of connectivity?

A. The VLAN is improperly configured.

B. The DNS configuration is invalid.

C. The OS version is not compatible with the network switch vendor.

D. The HIDS is preventing the connection.

A very old PC is running a critical, proprietary application in MS-DOS. Administrators are concerned about the stability of this computer. Installation media has been lost, and the vendor is out of business.
Which of the following would be the BEST course of action to preserve business continuity?

A. Perform scheduled chkdsk tests.

B. Purchase matching hardware and clone the disk.

C. Upgrade the hard disk to SSD.

D. Perform quarterly backups.

A data center environment currently hosts more than 100 servers that include homegrown and commercial software. The management team has asked the server administrator to find a way to eliminate all company-owned data centers. Which of the following models will the administrator most likely choose to meet this need?

A. SaaS

B. Private

C. Public

D. Hybrid

A remote physical server is unable to communicate to the network through the available NICs, which were misconfigured. However, the server administrator is still able to configure the server remotely. Which of the following connection types is the server administrator using to access the server?

A. Out-of-band management

B. Crash cart access

C. Virtual administrator console

D. Local KVM setup

E. RDP connection

An administrator is configuring a server to communicate with a new storage array. To do so, the administrator enters the WWPN of the new array in the server's storage configuration. Which of the following technologies is the new connection using?

A. iSCSI

B. eSATA

C. NFS

D. FCoE

An administrator needs to increase the size of an existing RAID 6 array that is running out of available space. Which of the following is the BEST way the administrator can perform this task?

A. Replace all the array drives at once and then expand the array.

B. Expand the array by changing the RAID level to 6.

C. Expand the array by changing the RAID level to 10.

D. Replace the array drives one at a time and then expand the array.

A systems administrator notices a newly added server cannot see any of the LUNs on the SAN. The SAN switch and the local HBA do not display any link lights. Which of the following is most likely the issue?

A. A single-mode fiber cable is used in place of multimode.

B. The switchport is on the wrong virtual SAN.

C. The HBA driver needs to be installed on the server.

D. The zoning on the fiber switch is wrong.

Which of the following is the BEST action to perform before applying patches to one of the hosts in a high availability cluster?

A. Disable the heartbeat network.

B. Fallback cluster services.

C. Set the cluster to active-active.

D. Failover all VMs.

A systems administrator is setting up a server on a LAN that uses an address space that follows the RFC 1918 standard. Which of the following IP addresses should the administrator use to be in compliance with the standard?

A. 11.251.196.241

B. 171.245.198.241

C. 172.16.19.241

D. 193.168.145.241

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of right to downgrade?

A. It allows for the return of a new OS license if the newer OS is not compatible with the currently installed software and is returning to the previously used OS

B. It allows a server to run on fewer resources than what is outlined in the minimum requirements document without purchasing a license

C. It allows for a previous version of an OS to be deployed in a test environment for each current license that is purchased

D. It allows a previous version of an OS to be installed and covered by the same license as the newer version

A company is running an application on a file server. A security scan reports the application has a known vulnerability. Which of the following would be the company's BEST course of action?

A. Upgrade the application package

B. Tighten the rules on the firewall

C. Install antivirus software

D. Patch the server OS

Which of the following commands would MOST likely be used to register a new service on a Windows OS?

A. set-service

B. net

C. sc

D. services.msc

An administrator notices high traffic on a certain subnet and would like to identify the source of the traffic. Which of the following tools should the administrator utilize?

A. Anti-malware

B. Nbtstat

C. Port scanner

D. Sniffer

Users at a company are licensed to use an application that is restricted by the number of active sessions. Which of the following best describes this licensing model?

A. Per-server

B. Per-seat

C. Per-concurrent user

D. Per-core

Due to a recent application migration, a company's current storage solution does not meet the necessary requirements for hosting data without impacting performance when the data is accessed in real time by multiple users. Which of the following is the BEST solution for this issue?

A. Install local external hard drives for affected users.

B. Add extra memory to the server where data is stored.

C. Compress the data to increase available space.

D. Deploy a new Fibre Channel SAN solution.

A server administrator needs to create a new folder on a file server that only specific users can access. Which of the following BEST describes how the server administrator can accomplish this task?

A. Create a group that includes all users and assign it to an ACL.

B. Assign individual permissions on the folder to each user.

C. Create a group that includes all users and assign the proper permissions.

D. Assign ownership on the folder for each user.

An administrator is installing a new file server that has four drive bays available. Which of the following RAID types would provide the MOST storage as well as disk redundancy?

A. RAID 0

B. RAID 1

C. RAID 5

D. RAID 10

A server technician is installing application updates on a Linux server. When the technician tries to install a MySQL update, the GUI displays the following error message: AVC denial. Which of the following should the technician do for the MySQL update to install?

A. Download the update manually and run a checksum utility to verify file integrity.

B. Issue the setenforce 0 command.

C. Create a firewall rule to allow port 3306 through the firewall.

D. Issue the yum -y update mysql command.

A server has experienced several component failures. To minimize downtime, the server administrator wants to replace the components while the server is running. Which of the following can MOST likely be swapped out while the server is still running? (Choose two.)

A. The power supply

B. The CPU

C. The hard drive

D. The GPU

E. The cache

F. The RAM

An administrator notices that a file server is filling up quickly but has many of the same files in different directories. Which of the following storage management techniques would resolve this issue?

A. Provisioning

B. Encryption

C. Deduplication

D. Partitioning

An administrator has deployed a new virtual server from a template. After confirming access to the subnet’s gateway, the administrator is unable to log on with the domain credentials. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the issue?

A. The server has not been joined to the domain.

B. An IP address has not been assigned to the server.

C. The server requires a reboot to complete the deployment process.

D. The domain credentials are invalid.

When configuring networking on a VM, which of the following methods would allow multiple VMs to share the same host IP address?

A. Bridged

B. NAT

C. Host only

D. vSwitch