QUESTION 1
After installing a new file server, a technician notices the read times for accessing the same file are slower than the read times for other file servers. Which of the following is the first step the technician should take?
A. Add more memory.
B. Check if the cache is turned on.
C. Install faster hard drives.
D. Enable link aggregation.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 2
A Linux server was recently updated. Now, the server stops during the boot process with a blank screen and an fs> prompt. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?
A. The system is booting to a USB flash drive.
B. The UEFI boot was interrupted by a missing Linux boot file.
C. The BIOS could not find a bootable hard disk.
D. The BIOS firmware needs to be upgraded.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 3
A systems administrator is setting up a server farm for a new company. The company has a public range of IP addresses and uses the addresses internally. Which of the following IP addresses best fits this scenario?
A. 10.3.7.27
B. 127.0.0.1
C. 192.168.7.1
D. 216.176.128.10
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 4
An application needs 10GB of RAID 1 for log files, 20GB of RAID 5 for data files, and 20GB of RAID 5 for the operating system. All disks will be 10GB in capacity. Which of the following is the minimum number of disks needed for this application?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 5
Which of the following environmental controls must be carefully researched so the control itself does not cause the destruction of the server equipment?
A. Humidity control system
B. Sensors
C. Fire suppression
D. Heating system
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 6
An administrator received an alert that backup job has been unsuccessful in the previous three attempts. The administrator discovers the issue occurred while backing up a user’s data on a network share. Which of the following actions would be best to allow the job to complete successfully?
A. Enabling open file backups In the backup Job
B. Moving the user’s data off the network share
C. Excluding the user’s data from the backup
D. Changing the backup job to exclude certain file types
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 7
A systems administrator recently installed a new virtual server. After completing the installation, the administrator was only able to reach a few of the servers on the network. While testing, the administrator discovered only servers that had similar IP addresses were reachable, Which of the following is the most likely cause of the issue?
A. The Jumbo frames are not enabled.
B. The subnet mask is incorrect.
C. There is an IP address conflict.
D. There is an improper DNS configuration.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 8
The management team at a healthcare organization is concerned about being able to access the daily vital records if there is an IT disaster that causes both servers and the network to be offline. Which of the following backup types can the organization use to mitigate this risk?
A. Tape
B. Cloud
C. Disk
D. Print
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is a system that scans outgoing email for account numbers, sensitive phrases, and other forms of PII?
A. SIEM
B. DLP
C. HIDS
D. IPS
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 10
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.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 11
Which of the following describes the installation of an OS contained entirely within another OS?
A. Host
B. Bridge
C. Hypervisor
D. Guest
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 12
Which of the following Is used for fail over, providing access to all the services currently in use by an organization without having to physically move any servers or employees?
A. The cloud
B. A cold site
C. A warm site
D. An emergency operations center
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 13
A storage engineer responds to an alarm on a storage array and finds the battery on the RAID controller needs to be replaced. However, the replacement part will not be available for 14 days. The engineer needs to identify the impact of the failed battery on the system. Which of the following best describes the impact?
A. The read and write performance will be impacted.
B. The read performance will be impacted.
C. The performance will not be impacted.
D. The write performance will be impacted.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 14
A technician needs to provide a VM with high availability. Which of the following actions should the technician take to complete this task as efficiently as possible?
A. Take a snapshot of the original VM.
B. Configure replication to a second hypervisor.
C. Convert the original VM to use dynamic disks.
D. Perform a P2V of the original VM.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 15
A security technician generated a public/private key pair on a server. The technician needs to copy the key pair to another server on a different subnet. Which of the following is the most secure method to copy the keys?
A. HTTP
B. FTP
C. SCP
D. USB
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 16
Following a recent power outage, a server on a server farm has been running slowly. A technician receives a ticket with a request to check for anything out of the ordinary. The technician sees an orange light on the front console of the server, indicating an error. Which of the following should the technician check next?
A. CPU
B. Power supply
C. RAM
D. RAID battery
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 17
A human resources analyst is attempting to email the records for new employees to an outside payroll company. Each time the analyst sends an email containing employee records, the email is rejected with an error message. Other emails outside the company are sent correctly. Which of the following is most likely generating the error?
A. DHCP configuration
B. Firewall rules
C. DLP software
D. Intrusion detection system
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 18
A systems administrator is attempting to install a package on a server. After downloading the package from the internet and trying to launch it, the installation is blocked by the antivirus on the server. Which of the following must be completed before launching the installation package again?
A. Creating an exclusion to the antivirus for the application
B. Disabling real-time scanning by the antivirus
C. Validating the checksum for the downloaded installation package
D. Checking for corruption of the downloaded installation package
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 19
A server administrator just installed a new physical server and needs to harden the OS. Which of the following best describes the OS hardening method?
A. Apply security updates.
B. Disable unneeded hardware.
C. Set a BIOS password.
D. Configure the boot order.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 20
An administrator is troubleshooting an application performance issue on a virtual server with two vCPUs. The application performance logs indicate CPU contention. The administrator adds more vCPUs cores to the VM, yet the issue persists. Which of the following is the most likely reason for this issue?
A. The server has high page utilization.
B. The server has high disk latency.
C. The application ls single-threaded.
D. The application cannot be virtualized.
Correct Answer: C