Question 1

A technician needs to install more add-on cards than there are available expansion slots. Which of the following would allow the technician to accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

A riser card allows additional expansion cards to be installed by providing more slots, effectively expanding the number of available slots in a system.

Question 2

A systems administrator is unable to back up user files. Which of the following is the BEST explanation for this issue?

Accepted Answer

Open files can prevent backup processes from accessing them, leading to backup failures.

Question 3

An administrator is connecting a laptop to administer a switch using an Ethernet cable, which works on a PC to a wall jack. The switch is functioning, but the administrator is unable to establish a connection with the switch. Which of the following is MOST likely the issue?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

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.)

Accepted Answer

TCP 993 and TCP 995 are used for incoming connections to an email server with high security.

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

A riser card is used to extend the number of available PCIe slots, allowing the technician to install additional cards when all existing slots are fully populated.

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Which of the following ports should be open on a server that provides IP addressing for clients?

Accepted Answer

UDP 67 is used by the DHCP server to provide IP addressing to clients.

Question 8

An administrator is asked to move a 64-bit guest to a new host. However, the guest will not boot on the new host. Which of the following is the cause of the problem?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Which of the following MUST be configured to automate client deployment over PXE boot? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A TFTP server is required to provide the boot files to the client, and DHCP option 66 is used to specify the TFTP server's address to the client during the PXE boot process.

Question 10

A datacenter recently experienced a breach committed by a group that was able to access a server that had been shut down but not disconnected from the network. Which of the following could have prevented the breach from occurring?

Accepted Answer

Disabling Wake-on-LAN (WOL) in the server BIOS would prevent the server from being powered on remotely, which could have stopped the attackers from accessing the server after it was shut down.

Question 11

The purpose of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) is to:

Accepted Answer

AD FS is designed to provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications across organizational boundaries, complementing the authentication and access management features of AD DS.

Question 12

An administrator is setting up a new mail server on the network and wants to open necessary ports to allow POP3 protocol for mail delivery. Which of the following ports should be opened in the internal and external firewalls?

Accepted Answer

Port 110 is the default port used by the POP3 protocol for email retrieval.

Question 13

Maintaining operations in the event of a complete power outage requires a tested and established:

Accepted Answer

A business continuity plan outlines the steps to be taken to maintain operations in the event of a complete power outage.

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

While reviewing a network connectivity issue to a Linux server, the systems administrator issues the ifconfig command with the following results:  According to the output above, which of the following is the problem?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

A server technician is notified that Linux web services are no longer accessible. The technician is at a remote site only has access to a Windows workstation. Which of the following should the technician use to remotely restart the web services?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

A systems administrator needs to configure the company's web server to authenticate using PKI certificates. Which of the following servers would be queried to validate user credentials?

Accepted Answer

A Certificate Authority (CA) is responsible for issuing and validating digital certificates, which are used in PKI to authenticate users and devices.

Question 18

A server technician is applying a security patch to an active-passive failover SQL cluster. However, the cluster must continue to service clients during the process with limited outages. Given this scenario, which of the following should the technician do to adhere to these maintenance requirements?

Accepted Answer

Patching the passive node first allows the active node to continue servicing clients. Once the passive node is patched, failing over to it minimizes downtime, and then the original active node can be patched.

Question 19

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?

Accepted Answer

A checksum hash of the drive image or files should be taken to ensure data integrity and verify that the files have not been altered during the investigation.

Question 20

A manager has noticed that the staff of administrators spends a lot of time running power cords and network cables when installing new servers. The manager would like to reduce the amount of time administrators spend doing the power and network cabling. Which of the following will BEST allow staff to reduce that time?

Accepted Answer

Blade servers are designed to minimize cabling by using a shared chassis that provides power and network connections, reducing the need for individual cabling for each server.

Exam 14: CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam