69 practice questions with answers and explanations.
A user cannot save large files to a directory on a Linux server that was accepting smaller files a few minutes ago. Which of the following commands should a technician use to identify the issue?
The correct answer is C. Option C: df -h
Following a recent power outage, a server in the datacenter 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? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A, B. Option A: The server has a faulty power supply Option B: The server has a CMOS battery failure
A company has implemented a requirement to encrypt all the hard drives on its servers as part of a data loss prevention strategy. Which of the following should the company also perform as a data loss prevention method?
The correct answer is A. Option A: Encrypt all network traffic This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
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?
The correct answer is B. Option B: Clone the original VM
A server administrator needs to harden a server by only allowing secure traffic and DNS inquiries. A port scan reports the following ports are open: 443 636 Which of the following open ports should be closed to secure the server properly? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A, C. Option A: 21 Option C: 23 This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.
A technician needs to set up a server backup method for some systems. The company's management team wants to have quick restores but minimize the amount of backup media required. Which of the following are the BEST backup methods to use to support the management's priorities? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is B, E. Option B: Synthetic full Option E: Incremental
Ann, an administrator, is configuring a two-node cluster that will be deployed. To check the cluster's functionality, she shuts down the active node. Cluster behavior is as expected, and the passive node is now active. Ann powers on the server again and wants to return to the original configuration. Which of the following cluster features will allow Ann to complete this task?
The correct answer is B. Option B: Failback
Which of the following policies would be BEST to deter a brute-force login attack?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Account lockout threshold
A technician needs to install a Type 1 hypervisor on a server. The server has SD card slots, a SAS controller, and a SATA controller, and it is attached to a NAS. On which of the following drive types should the technician install the hypervisor?
The correct answer is D. Option D: SAS drive
A technician is trying to determine the reason why a Linux server is not communicating on a network. The returned network configuration is as follows: eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 127.0.0.1 network 255.255.0.0 broadcast 127.0.0.1 Which of the following BEST describes what is happening?
The correct answer is C. Option C: The server is configured to use DHCP on a network that does not have a DHCP server
Explanation
DHCP automatically leases IP configuration such as addresses, gateways, and DNS servers to clients.
A server technician is deploying a server with eight hard drives. The server specifications call for a RAID configuration that can handle up to two drive failures but also allow for the least amount of drive space lost to RAID overhead. Which of the following RAID levels should the technician configure for this drive array?
The correct answer is C. Option C: RAID 6
Which of the following should an administrator use to transfer log files from a Linux server to a Windows workstation?
The correct answer is D. Option D: SCP
Users in an office lost access to a file server following a short power outage. The server administrator noticed the server was powered off. Which of the following should the administrator do to prevent this situation in the future?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Connect the server to a UPS
Which of the following describes the installation of an OS contained entirely within another OS installation?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Guest
A server technician is installing a Windows server OS on a physical server. The specifications for the installation call for a 4TB data volume. To ensure the partition is available to the OS, the technician must verify the:
The correct answer is B. Option B: volume is formatted as GPT
An administrator is configuring a server that will host a high-performance financial application. Which of the following disk types will serve this purpose?
The correct answer is A. Option A: SAS SSD
Which of the following DR testing scenarios is described as verbally walking through each step of the DR plan in the context of a meeting?
The correct answer is D. Option D: Tabletop
When configuring networking on a VM, which of the following methods would allow multiple VMs to share the same host IP address?
The correct answer is B. Option B: NAT
Explanation
Network address translation maps addresses between networks and commonly lets private hosts share public connectivity.
A technician recently upgraded several pieces of firmware on a server. Ever since the technician rebooted the server, it no longer communicates with the network. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST to return the server to service as soon as possible?
The correct answer is C. Option C: Reseat the NIC
A server administrator has noticed that the storage utilization on a file server is growing faster than planned. The administrator wants to ensure that, in the future, there is a more direct relationship between the number of users using the server and the amount of space that might be used. Which of the following would BEST enable this correlation?
The correct answer is C. Option C: Disk quotas
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