A systems administrator is troubleshooting a server that will not turn on. The LED lights are not blinking, and no status light indicators are available. The administrator has checked the PDU and UPS to verify proper functionality. Which of the following components is the MOST likely cause of this problem?
Which of the following is a storage system that can be connected to multiple servers through an iSCSI connection?
A technician notices inlet temperatures to rack-mounted servers are significantly higher in the center of the rack as compared to the top and bottom of the rack. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?
An administrator is decommissioning a company’s old accounting system and will be sending all the hardware to an off-site recycler. Which of the following is the BEST method for the administrator to ensure no company data will be exposed before sending drives to the recycler?
An administrator is looking to apply a new service pack for an OS on several systems that run business critical applications for a large international finance corporation.
Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?
An administrator wants to ensure a server OS and data can be recovered in case all the server’s hard disk drives fail simultaneously. Which of the following backup types must be implemented to meet the requirements?
An enterprise administrator has a server that requires private communication between the application team and the administrator’s team. Which of the following solutions would BEST meet this requirement?
Which of the following is an advantage of blade servers over rack-mount servers?
A storage administrator needs to connect a server to a storage array shared by 12 other servers. Which of the following interface types could be used to accomplish this connection?
A datacenter systems administrator needs to install a new server within an existing rack. Which of the following components would the systems administrator need to physically install the server in the rack? (Choose two.)
An administrator has purchased monitoring software that can be configured to send alerts when hardware and applications are having issues. Which of the following must be installed on the monitoring server so that it can properly monitor details on vendor specific devices?
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?
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?
Payroll checks are not printing. A job scheduled to run \\Payroll_File_Server\Checks\Print.cmd is failing with an “Access Denied” error message. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
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?
An auditor wants to reduce the server footprint in a company’s remote datacenter to decrease hosting costs. Regarding life-cycle management, which if the following is the auditor MOST likely to look for in reviewing the company’s asset data?
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?
An enterprise technician is tasked to implement a disk array that will host continuous disk-to-disk replication. Which of the following storage types should be selected for maximum performance?
Match each port number with its appropriate protocol name.
Which of the following RAID levels provides the HIGHEST fault tolerance possible?
A server is having problems accessing its presented storage on a SAN. Which of the following could be causing the problem? (Select TWO).
Which of the following media types allows for the ability to make data written to the media permanent?
A technician is configuring the IP networking portion on a server installation. Which of the following types of IP addresses would be BEST to use for this server?
Which of the following BEST describes a server where several physical server chassis are housed within an enclosure to share some redundant resources?
In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to implement a backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as long as compatible hardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this requirement?
A technician is asked to install an additional NIC in a server. Which of the following hardware considerations would be BEST for the technician to make?
A technician is troubleshooting a Linux server and wants to inspect the free disk space on the /dev/sda partition of the system. Which of the following command line tools should the administrator run to view available disk space on the partition?
Which of the following is the MOST secure method of storing critical and sensitive system information (e.g., administrative passwords, trusted signing keys)?
Which of the following are required characteristics of database servers in high transaction environments? (Select THREE).
An administrator needs to reconfigure a Linux server's operating system. Which of the following tools can the administrator use to access a command shell over the network? (Select TWO).
A new DHCP server is placed on a network segment during off hours. When work resumes, users on a different network segment report connectivity issues. Users on the same network segment report no connectivity issues. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the connectivity issues?
A company has hired a consultant to review the production storage infrastructure and provide suggestions on improving performance. The consultant has identified a bottleneck in the production switching fabric and successfully tested the solution in a lab environment. Which of the following should the consultant perform NEXT, according to best practices?
A system administrator is troubleshooting a network connectivity issue and runs ipconfig/all on the host. The command returns the following:
IPv4 Address: 169.254.0.12
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
The client is configured for DHCP. Which of the following commands should be run on the client to resolve this issue? (Select TWO).
Which of the following allows virtual machines to share the NIC of the host?
A datacenter technician encounters a power receptacle labeled NEMA L5-30. Which of the following powers is this socket rated for?
Which of the following protocols can be used to perform configuration management on a remote server using the MOST secure methods? (Select TWO).
A system administrator is tasked with dividing the network so that each department is separate from the other. Which of the following should be used to accomplish this task?
Which of the following is the MOST redundant power solution?
A server administrator is researching the purchase of SSD for a server. The administrator receives a report from the datacenter technician detailing current storage requirements and future growth planning estimates as follows:
ServerA: Current-15TB-Future-50% growth
ServerB: Current-20TB-Future-80% growth
Based on this report, which of the following represents the MINIMUM storage requirements needed?
A technician needs to install additional memory in a server to help resolve performance issues. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?
A system administrator wants to assure that a server is responsive. Which of the following networking tools should the administrator use to verify network connectivity?
An organization has agreed on the software that will be used to virtualize the company's web servers. Which of the following should the administrator reference prior to purchasing physical servers to be deployed as hosts in the new virtual architecture?
A technician has traveled to a company's alternate site to assess current operations of the network infrastructure. Following the assessment, the technician has informed management that everything is operational, with all applications and data mirrored. Which of the following types of site does the company have?
A system administrator is asked to set up several physical file servers that have recently crashed due to a power failure. Which of the following documents should the administrator refer to in order to complete this task?
Which of the following is a requirement for a server to allow guests to be installed on a hypervisor host?
A technician is installing an operating system on a server using source files on a USB storage device. The technician is unable to boot to the USB device using different USB ports on the server. Which of the following should the technician do to ensure that the operating system can be installed from the USB storage?
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?
A hardware compatibility list recommends striping with double parity as storage for an application. In a test environment, a technician realizes that a different RAID level can be used to compensate for a limited number of available disks. Which of the following is the closest RAID level the technician should deploy while minimizing the number of disks and maintaining fault tolerance?
Joe, a system administrator, is replacing an aging print server. Once he reached the step to join the new server to the existing domain, he kept getting an error and could not complete the step successfully. Which of the following did Joe forget to do?
An administrator needs to run five CAT6 cable runs to a new server. Which of the following steps should the administrator do FIRST?
A network administrator finds there are several users who cannot access a particular application. The application does not launch for the users. The network administrator finds the server has not been rebooted in 192 days. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of these issues?
Immediately following a BIOS firmware update, a server detects an overheat condition and shuts down after five minutes. Which of the following should the systems administrator do FIRST?
A small office has installed a server inside a writing closet. Users report losing connectivity to the server at various times throughout the day. Which of the following should have been considered before installing the server to prevent this issue from occurring?
A new server has a battery-backed RAID controller built onto the motherboard. Which of the following will occur if the RAID controller fails?
Users on multiple network segments report that they are unable to retrieve email from a server. Which of the following commands will allow a server technician to ensure that the email service is running on the server?
A new version of the primary OS used by a company has been released. Due to some significant changes in the OS, a system administrator wants to see which remotely accessible services are enabled by default to access the security risk prior to upgrading to the new version. Which of the following utilities should the administrator use?
A systems administrator is unable to back up user files. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for this issue?
A systems administrator has performed a memory upgrade on a server. The server does not recognize the new memory. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
Which of the following replication methods is MOST appropriate when integrating data from multiple remote offices?
An outside contractor is hired to perform a business impact analysis of a simulated disaster. The contractor asks stakeholders what they think a hurricane would do to the business. This is an inadequate method because:
A company executive asks the network administrator to help to reduce power consumption in a datacenter. The administrator suggests changing the servers running on 110V to 220V. Which of the following will occur as a result of this action?
A technician needs to install another PCle NIC in a server. The server currently has four fully populated PCle slots. Which of the following must the technician install before installing the card?
Which of the following virtual network settings should be used if the IP addresses of the host is to be shared with the virtual machine?
Which of the following troubleshooting methods would be performed after resolving an issue?
A sever administrator implements external storage for a file server. At a later time, another administrator wants to extend this storage to a second server but is unable to simultaneously connect to two servers. Which of the following storage types was implemented by the first administrator?
An administrator needs to deploy 1,000 servers in a short period of time. Which of the following deployment methods will expedite the OS installations?
A user accidentally deleted a critical file. A technician tries to restore it from tape backup but receives an error that the file does not exist on the tape. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?
An administrator sees a message in the system console that a drive is bad in the single-volume JBOD storage array. A few minutes later, a user calls the help desk to report an inability to read a file from a mapped drive. Which of the following should the administrator do?
Which of the following ports should be open on a server that provides IP addressing for clients?
At the time of implementing a solution, it is important to: (Choose two.)
When setting up a new Linux server that will require files larger than 2 TB in size, which of the following file system types should be used?
A telephone company is responsible for maintaining a list of 25 million names and phone numbers for inclusion in printed phone books as well as in an inline phone directory accessible on the company’s website. Which of the following types of servers would be MOST appropriate to store its information?
In a Windows environment, a user is able to access the network folder and open items, but is not able to delete anything. Which of the following folder permissions does the user require?
An administrator has been tasked with consolidating six individual servers into one blade enclosure. The administrator completed the task successfully. A week later, all of the blades would not boot properly. Which of the following would MOST likely be causing this issue?
A user is unable to save a new presentation to the network U:\ drive. The error message indicates that there is no available space. Other users in the department are not experiencing any problems saving to the U:\ drive. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?
A mission critical server has faulted with a dead 66 MHz 3.3V PCI-X network interface card. The system administrator has been directed to get the server functional as soon as possible, even if it is connected with less bandwidth. There are no onsite spare cards available and the vendor does not expect to have the parts for at least a week. Which of the following immediately available NICs could be substituted instead?
Two technicians are asked to install a 6U server at location U25 in a 40U server rack. The rack has been properly stabilized to the floor. Which of the following tools would BEST be used to install the server?
Which of the following services provide hostname to IP address resolution? (Select TWO).
Which of the following authentication protocols could be used to authenticate network administrators at a datacenter to manage switches over a remote SSH connection? (Select TWO).
A technician is installing a 2U rack mount server. The necessary rack space height to accommodate the server is:
A technician is asked to troubleshoot a hardware alert on a server. The server is up and running and all users can access their data. Which of the following could the technician use to find the failed component? (Select TWO).
A technician is tasked by an administrator to patch a virtual machine. The technician needs to ensure that in case of failure, recovery of the virtual machine will be possible. Which of the following recovery principles should the technician employ?
A technician working in the datacenter has finished racking a new 4U server into a new rack. Which of the following should the technician do to allow for hot/cold aisle containment?
A server administrator is configuring access control on a file server for an organization. The Human Resources manager is taking a leave of absence for three months, during which time an interim Human Resources manager will take over the duties of the position. Which of the following types of access control should be configured on the file server?
A technician would like to restrict when internal hardware components on the server are accessed. Which of the following server hardening techniques should the technician implement?
Which of the following is a reason to have a remote cold site readily available in case of a disaster in the primary datacenter?
A technician reads a hardware manufacturer's blog indicating a critical firmware update is available for the company's file server. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?
A technician is tasked with creating servers that are fault tolerant and highly available. Which of the following would be the BEST solution for this task?
A technician needs to install six blade servers. Which of the following MUST a technician install along with the blades?
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?
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?
A server administrator has been asked to make recommendations for purchase of a new database server that will be processing all of the company accounts. One area of concern from prior experience is the storage type used by the database server. The server is expected to have a large number of transactions that occur, but will not require a large amount of capacity for the data storage. Given these requirements, which of the following storage criteria are MOST important? (Select TWO).
A server repeatedly crashes with a BSOD when running an application that uses a high amount of system resources. Which of the following hardware components MOST likely needs to be checked by a technician?
A technician is tasked with connecting a server to a NAS. Which of the following connection types should be used?
An email administrator is tasked to setup a Linux mail server. One of the requirements is to close all ports except SSH, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4. Which of the following commands should be used to see which ports are currently open on the mail server? (Select TWO).
An administrator is building a web server to host an online banking application. The server should not have access to the internal network, and only ports that are used by the application should be opened. Which of the following MUST be implemented to meet the business requirements?
A server technician is trying to minimize power outages using a UPS that is plugged into an outlet in the server room. Given this scenario, which of the following procedures should be followed to minimize outages?
When grid power goes out, all servers in a rack lose power immediately. The server administrator confirms the servers have dual power supplies, which are connected to separate PDUs. Each of the PDUs is connected to a different UPS. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?
The ability to maintain data access in the event of the loss of a network link, host, or device is called:
A security administrator wishes to enable multifactor authentication. Which of the following would achieve that
objective? (Choose two.)
Which of the following permissions would enable users to modify files or directories on a server?
Users have reported that the speed on a server is too slow for an application. After examining the server, the
server technician determines that the server has SATA drives. Which of the following types of drives should the
technician install to improve the server’s performance?
Which of the following factors are MOST important when selecting a server for a virtualization host? (Choose two.)
A server administrator is installing a 64-bit OS on a server hardware and receives the following error message: Processor architecture not supported. Which of the following architectures is causing this error?
A server has the following network setup:
IP address192.168.10.27
Netmask255.255.255.0
Gateway192.168.9.1
DNS address192.168.1.1
The server can ping other servers on its subnet, but nothing beyond that. Which of the following should the administrator change?
A server administrator is selecting cable for a 10GBASE-T server connection. If the server is 246ft (75m) from the switch, which of the following cable types should the administrator choose?
A technician needs to configure a new server with multiple drives. The technician was instructed to make the OS RAID 1. The two drives the technician is using are from different manufacturers, but both are 1TB drives. However, one drive is 953,980MB, and the other is 953,740MB, a difference of 240MB. When attempting to create the RAID 1, the option is grayed out. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?
An administrator has a drive working properly under Linux and moves it to a Windows server. Which of the following should be performed to ensure Windows can read the disk?
An administrator is configuring external storage that will be accessed by multiple servers via the existing
Ethernet at a minimum cost. Which of the following technologies BEST meets these objectives?
A server technician is replacing the hard drive in a server. After testing, the technician determines the current
hard drive failed due to vibration from the machinery near the server. The technician’s manager has made it
clear that the primary goal is to increase reliability. Which of the following storage solutions BEST fits this
requirement?
The process of provisioning guest and host virtualization is considered:
An administrator is working to improve the speed at which archived data can be accessed. This data is
currently stored on DLT and is accessed for random searches. Which of the following methods would provide
the FASTEST access to the data?
Corporate policy requires data replication to continue even if the servers, which are being protected, crash. Which of the following replication methods fulfills this requirement?
An administrator is upgrading the backup server from a single tape drive to a SCSI tape library.
The library has been unpackaged, mounted, and the library drivers installed. Which of the following items should the administrator have to connect the device to the backup server?
Which of the following PKI elements will a web server distribute to all of its clients using HTTPS?
An administrator is sizing a new server for a 500GB database application. Which of the following components on the server will provide the BEST performance?
An administrator is configuring a RAID array on a new server with parity and striping. Which of the following is the MINIMUM number of disks needed to implement this array?
