Question 1

A user reports that each day some files are deleted from the department share. The administrator needs to find who deleted these files. Which of the following actions should the administrator perform?

Accepted Answer

The administrator should enable audit object access and specify files and folders to monitor using Windows Explorer to track who is deleting files.

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

Using Group Policy is the most efficient and centralized method to enforce the homepage setting across all user workstations in a domain environment.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Labeling both ends of the cables with unique identifiers should be done first to ensure proper identification and organization during installation and future maintenance.

Question 4

A technician is having problems sending a notification from a server. The technician suspects the firewall may be blocking traffic. Which of the following clients can be used to confirm the technician's suspicions?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

A clustered server goes offline due to a backplane failure. Which of the following clusters does not lose capacity when a server goes offline?

Accepted Answer

An active-active cluster does not lose capacity when a server goes offline because all nodes are actively handling traffic, and the remaining nodes can take over the load of the offline server.

Question 6

An administrator receives a call from a user who is unable to receive email. After troubleshooting the administrator is able to resolve the issue and verify that user is able to access email again. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the administrator should take?

Accepted Answer

The next step after resolving an issue is to document the outcome to ensure there is a record of the problem and its resolution for future reference.

Question 7

Which of the following actions will prevent a driver from being reinstalled automatically?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following actions will prevent...

Question 8

A technician needs to install an OS 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?

Accepted Answer

A snapshot is the fastest way to restore a virtual server to its previous state because it captures the entire state of the system at a specific point in time, allowing for quick rollback if needed.

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

The answer of An administrator has been tasked with making...

Question 10

A secondary office location containing servers already configured with all necessary software and files to minimize downtime is considered to be which of the following types of disaster recovery sites?

Accepted Answer

A hot site is a fully operational offsite data center that is equipped with all necessary hardware, software, and data to take over operations immediately in the event of a disaster, minimizing downtime.

Question 11

Joe, a system administrator, is replacing an aging print server. Once he reached the step to join the new server to the existing domain, he kept getting an error and could not complete the step successfully. Which of the following did Joe forget to do?

Accepted Answer

The error in joining the server to the domain is likely due to incorrect network settings, such as DNS configuration, which are crucial for domain communication.

Question 12

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).

Accepted Answer

Setting up a custom community name helps secure SNMP by making it harder for unauthorized users to access SNMP data. Setting SNMP to read-only prevents unauthorized changes to device configurations.

Question 13

An administrator has purchased monitoring software that can be configured to send alerts when hardware and applications are having issues. Which of the following must be installed on the monitoring server so that it can properly monitor details on vendor specific devices?

Accepted Answer

MIBs (Management Information Bases) are necessary for the monitoring server to understand and interpret the data from vendor-specific devices. They provide the necessary information to manage and monitor the devices effectively.

Question 14

An administrator receives a call from a user who is unable to receive email. After checking the workstation and email settings the administrator is still not able to determine the problem. Which of the following is the NEXT step that the administrator should take?

Accepted Answer

If the administrator cannot determine the problem after initial troubleshooting, the next step is to escalate the issue to someone with more expertise or access to additional resources.

Question 15

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?

Accepted Answer

Sliding rail kits allow the server to be fully extended out of the rack for maintenance or upgrades, meeting the company's policy requirements.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

In a workgroup environment, DHCP server authorization is not required. Authorization is needed in an Active Directory domain to prevent unauthorized DHCP servers.

Question 17

A sever 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 simultaneously connect to two servers. Which of the following storage types was implemented by the first administrator?

Accepted Answer

Direct Attached Storage (DAS) is directly connected to one server and cannot be shared between multiple servers simultaneously without additional networking or sharing configurations.

Question 18

When configuring a DHCP server, which of the following can the administrator define for DHCP users? (Select THREE).

Accepted Answer

A DHCP server can provide clients with the IP address of an NTP server, DNS server, and the domain name as part of the DHCP options.

Question 19

A technician installs a rack in a datacenter. The rack has two power strips installed in it. To ensure maximum power redundancy for the rack, how should each PDU power strip be connected?

Accepted Answer

Connecting each PDU power strip to a different datacenter UPS ensures maximum power redundancy. If one UPS fails, the other can still provide power, minimizing the risk of a complete power loss to the rack.

Question 20

Which of the following must be configured on printers so that the server can properly monitor details on page counts?

Accepted Answer

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is used to monitor and manage devices on a network, including printers, allowing the server to track details like page counts.

Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam