QUESTION 81
A new company policy requires that any data loss in excess of one hour is unacceptable in the event of a disaster. Which of the following concepts is being referred to in this policy?

A. MTTR
B. RTO
C. RPO
D. MTBF

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 82
A systems administrator is provisioning a SQL server with a RAID controller. The management team requires that the server be able to withstand at least a single hard drive failure, but the administrator is concerned that a computationally intensive RAID level may reduce server performance. Which of the following should the administrator choose?

A. RAID 0
B. RAID 5
C. RAID 10
D. RAID 50
E. RAID 60

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 83
A database developer recently requested a 4TB SATA drive utilizing spinning disks be added to an existing system for a new, heavily used database. The storage administrator turned down the request after reviewing it. Which of the following is the most likely reason the administrator did that?

A. The drive is not capable of deduplication.
B. The drive would have slow I/O performance.
C. The drive cannot use NTFS.
D. The drive is not compatible with the server OS.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 84
Which of the following technologies can successfully back up files that are used by other processes without stopping those processes?

A. Differential
B. Archive
C. Synthetic full
D. Open file

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 85
Which of the following are used to protect a building from a vehicle trying to enter without authorization?

A. Mantraps
B. Biometric locks
C. Bollards
D. Security cameras

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 86
A new 40GB NIC has just been installed in a server but is not detected within the Windows server OS. Which of the following would most likely fix the issue?

A. Update the firmware on the NIC.
B. Update the server OS.
C. Update the remote management console.
D. Update the switch firmware.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 87
A security team added a list of security patches that were deployed to all servers through an automated job using SCCM. One of the scheduled jobs included backing up all servers on a nightly basis. Once patching was complete, the database administrator stated that none of the SQL services would start on any of the database servers. The server administrator tried restarting the SQL services, but the services failed to start Which of the following should the administrator perform to resolve the issue?

A. Restore all the database servers from a backup performed the night before the patches were deployed.
B. Evaluate the list of patches and identify the target of each one.
C. Deploy the patches in the SQL development environment and test them.
D. Choose one server, remove the patches one at a time, and try to start the services.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 88
An engineer is configuring the RAlD on a new server that will support a large database handling real-time data processing. The system needs to have the largest available space with the best write performance. Given the following disks and configurations:
1. Four 300GB SSD disks
2. Eight 1.2TB 15K SAS disks
3. Must include redundant OS disk

Which of the following configurations would meet all the necessary requirements for the new database server?

A. OS – Two SSD RAID 1
DB logs – Two SSD RAID 1
Data – Six 1.2TB 15K SAS RAID 5
Two hot-spare disks 1.2TB 15K SAS
B. OS – One SSD RAID 0
DB logs – One SSD RAID 0
Data – Eight 1.2TB 15K SAS RAID 6
Two hot-spare disks SSD Disks
C. OS – Two SSD RAID 1
DB logs – Two SSD RAID 1
Data – Eight 1.2TB 15K SAS RAID 5
No hot-spare disks
D. OS – Two SSD RAID 0
DB Logs – Two SSD RAID 1
Data – Eight 1.2TB 15K SAS RAID 5
No hot-spare disks

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 89
An organization recently experienced power outages. The administrator noticed the server did not have enough time to shut down properly. After the outages, the administrator had additional batteries installed in the UPs. Which of the following best describes the solution the administrator implemented?

A. The solution reduced shutdown time.
B. The solution improved load balancing.
C. The solution increased power out.
D. The solution extended runtime.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 90
An administrator is building a new virtual environment on a limited budget. Additionally, the hypervisor has a low write rate. Which of the following would best fit the requirements for boot drives?

A. SATA
B. SAS
C. SCSI
D. NVMe

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 91
A new virtual server was deployed in a perimeter network Users have reported the time on the server has been incorrect The engineer has verified the configuration, and the internal time servers are configured properly. Which of the following should the engineer do to resolve this issue?

A. Check the firewall rules.
B. Replace the CMOS battery in the server.
C. Restart the time servers.
D. Manually correct the time.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 92
A server monitoring solution is reporting high CPU utilization in a server located in the perimeter network. The Command Prompt and Task Manager both freeze when being opened. Which of the following would be the likely cause?

A. Faulty memory module
B. Weekly antivirus full scan
C. Pending patch restart
D. Malware infection

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 93
A technician ordered two additional hard drives to expand an existing RAlD 6 configuration. The technician added the new disks and then rebooted. After rebooting, the technician did not see the additional space in the existing disk, and the OS detected two new disks that needed signatures. Which of the following should the technician complete next to expand the existing RAID configuration?

A. Modify the existing disk to a dynamic disk and add the two new raw disks to the existing array.
B. Allow the OS to write GPT signatures to the disks and add them as dynamic disks to the existing disk
C. Reboot the server, start the RAlD utility from the BIOS, and expand the RAID 6 with the two new disks.
D. Use the software RAlD in the OS to create a RAID 0 with the existing array and the two new disks.

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 94
An organization is donating its outdated server equipment to a local charity. Which of the following describes what the organization should do before donating the equipment?

A. Remove all the data from the server drives using the least destructive method.
B. Repurpose and recycle any usable server components.
C. Remove all the components from the server.
D. Install and activate a new and unconfigured version of the operating system.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 95
A systems administrator is troubleshooting write speed performance issues on a server. Which of the following actions should the technician take to best resolve the issue?

A. Replace the RAID controller.
B. Replace the RAID controller cable.
C. Replace the RAID cache battery.
D. Replace the RAID cache card.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 96
A technician is tasked with upgrading 24 hosts simultaneously with a Type 1 hypervisor. Which of the following protocols should the technician use for this upgrade?

A. VPN
B. TFTP
C. SSH
D. HTTP

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 97
A systems administrator notices that a machine on a newly provisioned VLAN is having trouble connecting to the internet. The IP address is 192.168.10.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.254.0. The networking team confirms routing is working, and the default gateway can be reached on the subnet assigned to the VLAN. The team also confirms that the subnet is 192.168.10.0/25 with a gateway address of 192.168.10.1. Which of the following will correct the issue?

A. Changing the machine IP to 192.168.10.131
B. Changing the default gateway to 192.168.0.254
C. Adding a static route using the ROUTE command
D. Changing the subnet mask to 255.255.255.128

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 98
A technician is migrating a Type 1 hypervisor to new hardware and needs to complete the process with as little disruption as possible. Which of the following is most important for the technician to consider?

A. Hard drives
B. Processor
C. Motherboard
D. Size

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 99
A bad actor leaves a USB drive with malicious code on it in a company’s parking lot. Which of the following describes this scenario?

A. Hacking
B. Insider threat
C. Phishing
D. Social engineering

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 100
Which of the following is a benefit of failover NIC teaming?

A. Decreased latency
B. Increased transmission size
C. Increased system resources
D. Increased fault tolerance

Correct Answer: D