QUESTION 101
A technician needs to set up a Windows file server. Which of the following methods best achieves this goal?
A. NFS
B. SFTP
C. SCP
D. CIFS
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 102
Following a recent power outage, a server in the data center has been constantly going offline and losing its configuration. Users have been experiencing access issues while using the application on the server. The server technician notices the date and time are incorrect when the server is online. All other servers are working. Which of the following would most likely cause this issue? (Select two).
A. The server has a faulty power supply.
B. The server has a CMOS battery failure.
C. The server requires OS updates.
D. The server has a malfunctioning LED panel.
E. The servers have NTP configured.
F. CPU frequency scaling is set too high.
Correct Answer: AB
QUESTION 103
An administrator connects a server to an external gigabit switch, but the server can only get a speed of 100Mbps. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?
A. Defective network cable
B. Port security
C. Incorrect IP subnet
D. Wrong VLAN
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 104
A server administrator is performing an annual license audit for a software vendor. This audit will set the licensing costs for the next year. Which of the following activities is the administrator performing?
A. Procurement
B. A license migration
C. A true-up
D. A violation audit
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 105
An IT administrator is configuring ten new desktops without an operating system. The infrastructure contains an imaging server and operating system loaded on a USB, a DVD, and an SD card. Which of the following options would minimize the amount of time the administrator needs to load the operating system on every machine?
A. SD card
B. Optical
C. Network
D. USB
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 106
A web server that is being deployed in the perimeter network needs to be shielded from malicious traffic. Which of the following could help identify these threats?
A. Applying OS updates
B. Disabling unused services
C. Implementing HIDS
D. Installing anti-malware
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 107
A technician is configuring a point-to-point heartbeat connection between two servers using IP addressing. Which of the following is the most efficient subnet mask for this connection?
A. /28
B. /29
C. /30
D. /32
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 108
A server administrator is replacing a faulty PSU. The management team has asked for a solution that prevents further downtime in the future. Which of the following can the server administrator implement?
A. Separate circuits
B. Load balancing
C. Server monitoring
D. Redundancy
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 109
An administrator is unable to get server updates from a WSUS server. However, the administrator was able to patch the server successfully last month. Which of the following should the administrator check first?
A. The software firewall on the local server
B. Stopped services on the local server
C. The primary DNS IP address assigned to the server
D. The hosts file on the local server
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 110
An administrator receives an alert that one of the virtual servers has suddenly crashed. The administrator confirms the data center does not have any power failures and then connects to the remote console of the crashed server. After connecting to the server console, which of the following should the administrator complete first?
A. Use the keyboard command Alt+F12 to switch to the kernel log screen.
B. Perform a hard reboot on the server and monitor the server startup.
C. Collect a screenshot of the PSOD and note the details after the line detailing the OS version.
D. Collect a core dump from the server and store locally before rebooting the hardware.
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 111
Which of the following disaster recovery site types, while requiring more time to be ready for production, is configured with power, phone, network infrastructure, and other resources?
A. Hot site
B. Warm site
C. Cloud
D. Cold site
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 112
Which of the following is an example of load balancing?
A. Round robin
B. Active-active
C. Active-passive
D. Failover
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 113
A startup company needs to set up an initial disaster recovery site. The site must be cost-effective and deployed quickly. Which of the following sites should the company set up?
A. Hot
B. Cold
C. Colocated
D. Warm
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 114
Which of the following should a server administrator use when writing a script with a function that needs to be run ten times?
A. Loop
B. Variable
C. Comparator
D. Conditional
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 115
A server administrator implements a new account lockout policy to prevent improper escalated access for all of the privileged accounts. After 24 hours, several scheduled tasks and backups fail to complete. The server administrator is asked to investigate the issue while minimizing risks. Which of the following should be the server administrator’s first step in troubleshooting this issue?
A. Revert the policy to allow the scheduled tasks and backups to continue.
B. Block the account policy on the impacted servers running the tasks and backup jobs.
C. Identify the locked accounts and reenable them to complete the tasks and backups.
D. Review the security logs in the SIEM to identify the servers and jobs that failed to run.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 116
A new server has been deployed but is unable to connect to the internet. The technician notices the IP address to the server is 169.254.55.86. Which of the following should the administrator configure to correct this issue?
A. VLAN assignment
B. Default gateway
C. DNS configuration
D. Hosts file entry
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 117
A server administrator set up a monitoring application on various servers to keep track of CPU usage, memory consumption, and disk space utilization. Which of the following should be configured on the application so it can send email alerts about a specific issue?
A. Event logs
B. Thresholds
C. Disk quotas
D. Uptime lengths
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 118
An administrator is receiving reports that users in a remote office are unable to log in to the domain. The network appears to be up between the sites, which are in different states. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the issue?
A. The user accounts are locked out.
B. The NTP on the client side is misconfigured.
C. MFA is not working.
D. The wrong time zone was set in the remote office.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 119
A technician just provisioned a new Windows server and has noticed the IP address is 169.254.0.1. Which of the following should the technician verify first?
A. DNS
B. APIPA
C. FQDN
D. DHCP
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 120
Which of the following licensing models allows the greatest number of concurrent Windows VMs to run on a host for the lowest cost?
A. Per user
B. Per core
C. Per instance
D. Per concurrent user
Correct Answer: B