QUESTION 41
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
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 42
A server administrator wants to ensure a storage array can survive the failure of two drives without the loss of data. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 6
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 43
An administrator is configuring the storage for a new database server, which will host databases that are mainly used for archival lookups. Which of the following storage types will yield the fastest database read performance?
A. NAS
B. SSD
C. 10K rpm SATA
D. 15K rpm SCSI
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 44
An administrator is troubleshooting connectivity to a remote server, The goal is to remotely connect to the server to make configuration changes. To further troubleshoot, a port scan revealed the ports on the server as follows:
Port 22: Closed
Port 23: Open
Port 990: Closed
Which of the following next steps should the administrator take?
A. Reboot the workstation and then the server.
B. Open port 990 and close port 23.
C. Open port 22 and close port 23.
D. Open all of the ports listed.
E. Close all of the ports listed.
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 45
Which of the following licensing models was created by software companies in response to the increasing density of processors?
A. Per-instance
B. Per-server
C. Per-user
D. Per-core
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 46
Which of the following backup types copies changed data from a server and then combines the backups on the backup target?
A. Differential
B. Incremental
C. Synthetic full
D. Snapshot
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 47
An administrator needs to reconfigure a teamed network connection on a server in a remote data center. Which of the following will offer the most resilient connection while performing this change?
A. Use of an of OOB solution
B. Use of a crash cart
C. Use of a VNC console
D. Use of an RDP console
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 48
A company wants to find an affordable way to simulate a fail over of a critical application. The company does not currently have a solution for it. The application consists of 15 servers, and the company would like to simulate on production configurations and IP address schemes. Which of the following would be the most cost-effective solution?
A. Build warm site and perform a fail over of the application.
B. Build a cloud laaS and perform a fail over of the application.
C. Build a hot site and perform a fall over of the application.
D. Build cold site and perform a fail over of the application.
E. Perform a tabletop fall over of the application.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 49
Which of the following concepts refers to prioritizing a connection that had previously worked successfully?
A. Round robin
B. SCP
C. MRU
D. Link aggregation
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 50
A technician installed a kernel upgrade to a Linux server. The server now crashes regularly. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
A. Necessary dependencies were installed for multiple architectures.
B. There is not enough hard drive space.
C. The server is infected with a virus.
D. Some modules are not compatible.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 51
Which of the following license types most commonly describes a product that incurs a yearly cost regardless of how much it is used?
A. Physical
B. Subscription
C. Open-source
D. Per instance
E. Per concurrent user
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 52
A systems administrator is installing Windows on an 8TB drive and would like to create a single 8TB partition on the disk. Which of the following options should the administrator use?
A. VMFS
B. ZFS
C. GPT
D. MBR
E. LVM
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 53
A server administrator ja installing a new server on a manufacturing floor. Because the server is publicly accessible, security requires the server to undergo hardware hardening. Which of the following actions should the administrator take?
A. Close unneeded ports.
B. Disable unused services.
C. Set a BIOS password.
D. Apply driver updates.
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 54
A VLAN needs to be configured within a virtual environment for a new VM. Which of the following will ensure the VM receives a correct IP address?
A. A virtual router
B. A host NIC
C. A VPN
D. A virtual switch
E. A VNIC
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 55
A server administrator notices the /var/1og/audit/audit. 1og file on a Linux server is rotating too frequently. The administrator would like to decrease the number of times the log rotates without losing any of the information in the logs. Which of the following should the administrator configure?
A. Increase the audit. 1og file size in the appropriate configuration file.
B. Decrease the duration of the log rotate cycle for the audit.log file.
C. Remove the log rotate directive from the audit. log file configuration.
D. Move the audit.1og files lo a remote syslog server.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 56
An administrator updated an A record in the DNS to redirect an application to new server. After the change, many of the clients that use the application are still directed to the old server. The clients using new PCs to access the application are directed to the new server. All clients are receiving valid addresses from the DHCP server- Which of the following should the administrator do first?
A. Check the DNS setting on the DHCP server scopes.
B. Check the DHCP scope settings for the new client PCs.
C. Check for the existence of a hosts file on the new client PCs.
D. Check the DNS resolver cache on the old client PCs.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 57
Which of the following concepts is in use when dual power supplies are connected to different power sources?
A. Fault tolerance
B. Active-passive
C. Component redundancy
D. Heartbeat
E. Link aggregation
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 58
Which of the following backup methods protects all the changes that have occurred since the last full backup?
A. Incremental
B. Archive
C. Differential
D. Snapshot
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 59
Which of the following often-overlooked parts of the asset like cycle can cause the greatest number of issues in relation to PII exposure?
A. Usage
B. End-of-life
C. Procurement
D. Disposal
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 60
A technician needs to replace two RAID controllers on a database server as part of an upgrade. The server has six external storage arrays and eight internal disks that are controlled by the Iwo RAID controllers. The technician completes the replacement and powers the systems back on, but the server OS detects several missing disks in the configuration. Which of the following steps should the technician take first to resolve this issue?
A. Reboot to the RAID controller Bios and rescan for attached disks and arrays.
B. Start the motherboard UEFI and confirm the RAID controller start order is correct.
C. Turn off the external arrays and reboot the server to redetect the internal disks first.
D. Turn off all components and confirm all external and internal cables before rebooting.
Correct Answer: D