Practice Free SK0-004 CompTIA Server+ Exam Questions Answers With Explanation

A technician is tasked by an administrator to patch a virtual machine. The technician needs to ensure that in case of failure, recovery of the virtual machine will be possible. Which of the following recovery principles should the technician employ?

A system administrator is concerned with employees connecting removable storage to the server to copy sensitive data. Which of the following solutions addresses this concern?

Which of the following server types is commonly used for authentication and credential storage?

A server administrator is creating a design for a new datacenter. The servers should be configured for maximum availability and also provide caching for user information requests. Which of the following techniques should be used?

An administrator decides to implement access control techniques to secure a datacenter. Which of the following would be the STRONGEST technique for the administrator to use?

The logs on a server in a datacenter indicate that the server unexpectedly shut down minutes after the night cleaning crew started their shift. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the shut down?

A company has 700 servers installed in 50 server racks in the datacenter. The Chief Technology Officer issued a memorandum to the IT department with a directive to reduce power and cooling consumptions by 50% in the datacenters. Which of the following should the system administrators recommend?

After successfully authenticating to a remote server, a server administrator is presented with an interactive command line with no graphical interface. Which of the following protocols did the administrator MOST likely use to securely connect to the remote server?

A technician reads a hardware manufacturer's blog indicating a critical firmware update is available for the company's file server. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?

A company is planning to replace old hardware and needs to budget accordingly. Which of the following is likely to contain a list of end of life servers?

A server repeatedly crashes with a BSOD when running an application that uses a high amount of system resources. Which of the following hardware components MOST likely needs to be checked by a technician?

A server technician needs to access a remote Unix server for administration. The technician has requested that ports 23, 25, and 161 be opened on the router. After the ports are opened, the technician is still unable to connect to the Unix server. Which of the following ports should be opened on the server to allow for remote administration?

A server administrator implements external storage for a file server. At a later time, another administrator wants to extend this storage to a second server but is unable to connect to two servers simultaneously. Which of the following storage types was implemented by the first administrator?

A system administrator needs to directly control a server that has no network connectivity. Which of the following should be used to accomplish this?

After a migration to a new server, users report that they are unable to save files to their home directories. A check of the permissions on the home directories indicate that the permissions are set as follows:

User: r-x

Group: r--

Other: r-x

A server administrator verifies the correct user and group ownership of the home directories. Which of the following will MOST likely resolve the issue?

A server technician is investigating a potential data breach. It is believed that the breach occurred via telnet access. Which of the following could validate this hypothesis?

When troubleshooting a failed backup, a technician runs the backup using the same tape but on a different tape drive in the same tape library. The backup fails again. Which of the following should be the FIRST item the technician should examine as a failure?

An administrator wishes to use KVM remotely to monitor and control a server farm. In order to perform this function:

A technician receives an error message when trying to boot the server stating the operating system was not found. Change management logs indicate a new hard drive backplane was installed in the server last night. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST when troubleshooting the issue?

A system administrator needs to rebuild a server by booting to the OS DVD. The server powers up but attempts to boot from the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the problem?

Two new applications have been added to a working server. The server response is now very slow. An appropriate plan of action is to:

A certain rack mounted blade server chassis needs 3-phase power for operation. There is currently only single-phase power coming into the room. The administrator needs to:

A server administrator is notified that all three hard disks in a server array have failed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

A customer reports that connectivity to their web server has been sporadic throughout the morning. An administrator has applied OS patches periodically throughout the morning and rebooted the server. Which of the following has the administrator MOST likely violated?

A technician created a job on a backup server to back up the new email server. After a few days, the technician notices the email server logs are not cleaning up after the backups are completed. Which of the following actions can the technician take to correct this issue?

A technician is sizing a blade server that requires 220 VAC drawing 5 amps. Which of the following is the power consumed in watts?

While deploying a new four-node web server cluster, a systems administrator has been instructed to use a technology that will make the website highly available without incurring any additional hardware costs. Which of the following clustering options is the BEST solution?

A server prompts Ann, a user, to reset her logon password. The next time Ann tries to log onto the server, she cannot remember her new password. After several failed attempts, Ann receives a message that she cannot attempt to log on again without the help of an administrator. Which of the following should an administrator do to remedy this issue? (Choose two.)

A systems administrator backs up company data to the public cloud as part of a disaster recovery plan. Which of the following BEST describes this replication method?

A security administrator wishes to enable multifactor authentication. Which of the following would achieve that

objective? (Choose two.)

Which of the following factors are MOST important when selecting a server for a virtualization host? (Choose two.)

A file server on the network stores sensitive data for multiple departments in the company. A systems administrator has been instructed to ensure only data stored by the accounting department is encrypted. Which of the following solutions should the systems administrator implement to encrypt this data in the MOST efficient manner?

A web server was configured with a 20GB hard drive. Administrators notice the hard drive runs out of space approximately every ten days, even though there were no changes made to the server. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the storage filling up?

Which of the following cable types can be used to decrease susceptibility to electronic eavesdropping?

An administrator has a drive working properly under Linux and moves it to a Windows server. Which of the following should be performed to ensure Windows can read the disk?

An administrator is sizing the CPU requirements of a new application. The application requires 12 guest VMs to run concurrently on the host. If each guest requires 500MHz of CPU and the server has two sockets, which of the following CPUs will ensure there are sufficient host CPU resources for this application?

An administrator is concerned about a volume on a server containing SQL databases with only 3% available

disk space. The administrator is considering turning on NTFS compression to create space. Which of the

following statements is TRUE?

Users report the system is running slow. The administrator walks into the server room and notices it is noisier

than usual. The fans in particular seem to be very loud. Which of the following should the administrator

conclude from this observation?

A rack contains 20 1U servers with dual power supplies and two PDUs on separate 15A circuits. Each server is connected to both PDUs, and each server draws 1A of current in normal operation. One of the circuit breakers switches off due to a power surge. Which of the following will happen NEXT?

An administrator has been given a CIDR/22 IP address block and needs to assign addresses to a multiple of virtual workstations. Which of the following servers will MOST likely perform this task?

A company implements a cold site for disaster recovery purposes due to a risk of hurricanes at its headquarters location. Which of the following BEST describes why the company chose to use a cold site?

A server technician was recently given a penetration testing report. The report states that VNC is running on server 192.168.1.25. Which of the following can the technician conclude about the statement?

As a best practice, which of the following should be performed before placing a server on a network?

A virtual desktop user is in the process of saving a file when the UPS connected to the VM host server fails and the server powers off. After replacing the failed UPS, the user reports that the file did not save recent changes. Which of the following storage issues MOST likely caused this?

An administrator attempts to install the latest security patches for an older server. When the administrator runs the patch installer, the install fails. The administrator tries again, and the installer fails again. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this?

A systems administrator is tasked to add an existing user to an existing group on a local Linux system. Which of the following files should be edited to accomplish this task?

An administrator is configuring a server for remote access. The administrator wants to be able to power on a server from a remote location. Which of the following needs to be configured on the server to accomplish this task?

An administrator is attempting to run the following command on a Linux system: sudo apt-get update. However, the administrator is presented with an error stating the required permissions to run the apt-get utility are not present. Which of the following files should be modified using the visudo command?

A technician is backing up 10GB of data on a file server to a 250GB external USB hard drive. After 4GB has been backed up, the software generates an error that the size of the backup exceeds the file limit. Which of the following file system types is being used?

Which of the following troubleshooting methods would be performed after resolving an issue?

A small office has installed a server inside a writing closet. Users report losing connectivity to the server at various times throughout the day. Which of the following should have been considered before installing the server to prevent this issue from occurring?

An administrator has been tasked with making recommendations for purchasing disks that will support a transactional database where performance is of greatest concern and budget is secondary. Which the following disk types should the administrator recommend?

A technician has connected a previously formatted ext4 eSATA drive to a Linux server. Given the following output:

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 382818 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 – 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x0009f31a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 20481 953525168 976761560 83 Linux

Which of the following commands should the technician use to make the partition available under /data/drive0?

Which of the following default ports should be open on a server for remote administration?

Which of the following ports should be open if a server is configured as an email server with high security for incoming connections? (Choose two.)

Immediately following a BIOS firmware update, a server detects an overheat condition and shuts down after five minutes. Which of the following should the systems administrator do FIRST?

Which of the following virtual network settings should be used if the IP addresses of the host is to be shared with the virtual machine?

Which of the following RAID configurations consists of mirrored disks?

A new file server is added to an existing network. Some users are able to connect to this server, while others are not. A partial network configuration on the server shows the following:

Link local: fe80::3000:aff:dea6:f8c/64

Which of the following BEST explains why some users cannot connect to the server?

An existing server has three 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA drives and five empty drive bays. The network manager orders three 2 TB 5400 RPM SAS drives. The technician installs them properly, but when attempting to provision the drives, a message displays “Type mismatch”. Which of the following is the reason for this error message?

A company executive asks the network administrator to help to reduce power consumption in a datacenter. The administrator suggests changing the servers running on 110V to 220V. Which of the following will occur as a result of this action?

An administrator needs to back up changed files only and has time constraints on the back up window. Which of the following is the BEST choice for a backup strategy?

An administrator checks a server running a RAID 1 with ten drives and notices three drives have blinking amber lights. Which of the following is the FIRST action the administrator should take?

Which of the following describes a root cause analysis?

An administrator needs to run five CAT6 cable runs to a new server. Which of the following steps should the administrator do FIRST?

A systems administrator has performed a memory upgrade on a server. The server does not recognize the new memory. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

A user in the accounting department reports that print jobs are not printing. A user in the software development department also cannot print to the same printer, but can print to two other printers on different print servers. Which of the following should be the administrator's FIRST step?

A technician needs to install another PCle NIC in a server. The server currently has four fully populated PCle slots. Which of the following must the technician install before installing the card?

A customer reports their mail can send emails but not receive them. A technician arrives on-site to troubleshoot the issue. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician do FIRST?

The shortest time to recovery method in the event of a complete datacenter failure is to utilize a:

At the time of implementing a solution, it is important to: (Choose two.)

Users on multiple network segments report that they are unable to retrieve email from a server. Which of the following commands will allow a server technician to ensure that the email service is running on the server?

An administrator is installing a server to be used to dynamically assign IP addresses to the network devices. Which of the following server roles must be used?

An auditor wants to reduce the server footprint in a company’s remote datacenter to decrease hosting costs. Regarding life-cycle management, which if the following is the auditor MOST likely to look for in reviewing the company’s asset data?

Which of the following can be used to manage a servers BIOS remotely? (Select TWO).

A server technician is procuring rail kits for a 2U rack mount server. Company policy dictates all rail kits must allow full extension of the system out of the rack. Given these requirements, which of the following rail kit types should the technician obtain?

A technician is configuring the IP networking portion on a server installation. Which of the following types of IP addresses would be BEST to use for this server?

An administrator is unable to install a 64-bit OS on a newly purchased server. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

A company's computer policy dictates that all users workstations must use the company's corporate web page as their default home page. Which of the following methods should an administrator use to BEST comply with this policy?

Which of the following components found in a legacy server has a 16-bit bus?

Which of the following BEST describes the difference between RAID 5 and RAID 6?

An administrator is looking to apply a new service pack for an OS on several systems that run business critical applications for a large international finance corporation.

Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?

When an administrator is troubleshooting a system, which of the following describes the NEXT course of action if a change does not solve the problem?

A server has been operating normally for several months. Users suddenly begin reporting that the server is responding very slowly. Which of the following tools are the BEST choices for the administrator to use to troubleshoot the problem? (Choose two.)

Which of the following BEST describes a server where several physical server chassis are housed within an enclosure to share some redundant resources?

A company has had problems with their HVAC system being able to cool their datacenter as they have grown. Which of the following could BEST be used to help reduce the load on the HVAC system?

An administrator has purchased monitoring software that can be configured to alert administrators when hardware and applications are having issues. All devices are configured with SNMP, but the administrator wants to further secure the SNMP traffic. Which of the following settings would BEST provide additional monitoring security? (Select TWO).

A technician is trying to install the operating system on a new server. When the server is powered on, it searches for the installation information on CD and then on the local hard drive. The operating system installation is on a PXE server. Which of the following should the technician change to successfully install the operating system?

A technician is logged into the network through VPN. Which of the following utilities can be used to connect to a server to verify a process is running? (Choose two.)

A server has five hot swappable drives in a hardware RAID 5 configuration. One of those drives has issued a predictive failure warning to the server’s management console. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?

An enterprise administrator has a server that requires private communication between the application team and the administrator’s team. Which of the following solutions would BEST meet this requirement?

In a workgroup, all of the following steps are required for a DHCP server EXCEPT:

Payroll checks are not printing. A job scheduled to run \\Payroll_File_Server\Checks\Print.cmd is failing with an “Access Denied” error message. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this issue?

An enterprise technician is tasked to implement a disk array that will host continuous disk-to-disk replication. Which of the following storage types should be selected for maximum performance?

An administrator wants to ensure a server OS and data can be recovered in case all the server’s hard disk drives fail simultaneously. Which of the following backup types must be implemented to meet the requirements?

A security incident occurs that requires a systems administrator to take an image of a user’s workstation hard drive. Which of the following should be taken at the time the system image is generated and retained through the file of the investigation to assure files have not been modified since?

Which of the following is the MOST redundant power solution?

A technician is assigned a task to configure a new server with six hard drives. The senior administrator requested the technician utilize the drives for maximum fault tolerance. Which of the following RAID configurations should the technician use?

Network devices between two firewalls are included in which of the following?

Which of the following is the MOST secure method of storing critical and sensitive system information (e.g., administrative passwords, trusted signing keys)?

In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to implement a backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as long as compatible hardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this requirement?

When attempting to diagnose service access issues between multiple hosts that coordinate information, which of the following can be used to track dependencies?

Several of the finance department computers are experiencing timeouts while in their financial program. The program will not open or close; however, the previous day the program was running without issues. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this problem?

Swap space or page file is reserved on the:

A technician needs to install an operating system patch on a virtual server. Which of the following backup types should the technician perform prior to the patch installation that will allow the server to be restored the FASTEST?

A company has recently had sensitive data stolen by a contractor who plugged a flash drive into a server. Which of the following is the BEST method to prevent future occurrences?

A server administrator is configuring a new server for an organization. The server will function as a firewall and proxy server, as well as provide NAT services for other devices on the network. Which of the following BEST describes how the network hardware on the server should be configured?

A system administrator notices that a server is consistently getting slower and less responsive the longer it has been since the last reboot. Once the server is rebooted, the system performs at the expected baseline, but starts slowing down again until the system is unresponsive. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem?

A system administrator has determined that more storage is needed for company data. The storage requires the highest speed data transfer rate with maximum performance. Which of the following solutions MUST be implemented to meet the business requirements?

A technician has finished installing the operating system on a new server and needs to provide IP addressing information. The server will be connected to the DMZ network. Devices on the network use a default gateway address of 192.168.55.1. Which of the following is a valid IP address for a server in the DMZ network?

A system technician is asked to create a test environment that will consist of 45 computers and a file server. Which of the following types of servers is BEST suited for IP management in the lab network?

Which of the following methods should be used when classified or sensitive data is stored on a server?