A technician installs a server in a rack. After installing the server, the technician notices the server requires power cables that demand NEMA L6-50 power receptacles. Which of the following voltages would NEMA L6-50 power receptacles indicate?

An administrator is selecting hardware for a new application. There is no SAN storage available. The application requires 2.2TB of storage space, and the server has four available drive bays. Which of the following drive types will BEST meet these requirements?

An administrator is opening a firewall to allow encrypted communication with a website. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to open on the firewall?

An IT manager has indicated the need to deploy a feasible standby storage file server that replicates the production data file server and should be quickly accessible from the network by all users when needed. Which of the following storage technologies would be MOST appropriate?

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) decided all backups should be taken at the storage array level rather than at the OS level. Which of the following backup types would fulfill these requirements?

Which of the following provides two-factor authentication?

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

A network administrator is tasked to block all outbound SSH connections on the default port from a network subnet of 10.152.8.0/21 on a Linux based firewall.
Which of the following rule sets would accomplish this task?

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?

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

A system administrator is tasked with dividing the network so that each department is separate from the other. Which of the following should be used to accomplish this task?

Which of the following is an example of the principle of least privilege and is the MOST secure when granting access to a shared network drive used by the Accounting department?

Which of the following methods should a technician perform to properly clear a hard drive before disposal?

A server unexpectedly shut down as a result of overheating. An alert was sent to the administrator’s email address but the administrator was away from the workstation when the alert arrived. Which of the following would have been a more effective method for sending the alert notification?

A server technician in a datacenter configures a daemon to monitor the battery health in a UPS. Over a two day time period, the daemon generates a warning message. Which of the following represents the FIRST action that should be taken by the server technician?

A server technician is performing a server installation. This server must be able to resolve host names for users running a variety of client operating systems. At a minimum, which of the following services should be enabled on the new server? (Select TWO).

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?

Clients cannot connect to the network. A technician determines that port 68 is not open. Which of the following protocols is being blocked?

A technician is asked to troubleshoot a server that constantly reboots. There are no error messages displayed on the server. Which of the following should the technician check?

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 database server stops responding to requests, and the administrator suspects that the server is experiencing memory faults during heavy network traffic and database access. Which of the following is the FIRST troubleshooting step?

A technician is troubleshooting a Linux server and wants to inspect the free disk space on the /dev/sda partition of the system. Which of the following command line tools should the administrator run to view available disk space on the partition?

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 server with a large amount of storage but not necessarily a very fast CPU would be BEST suited for which of the following applications?

A datacenter is running out of rack space. A server technician is asked to recommend a capacity planning and consolidation option that is feasible with the least amount of downtime. Which of the following options should the technician recommend?

Which of the following permissions would enable users to modify files or directories on a server?

A security administrator is investigating strange network behavior on a single VLAN that is used only by vendors. Which of the following tools would BEST allow the administrator to look at network traffic and investigate specific packets?

A remote datacenter that runs in parallel with a main datacenter, with devices powered on and communication taking place between the two datacenters, is known as which of the following?

A server administrator is updating the kernel for servers during the middle of the work day. After defining the steps required to perform this scope of work, which of the following would be the NEXT step needed to complete this task?

A Unix server completes POST successfully. The server starts to boot but crashes and halts on a transport error. Which of the following components should a technician check FIRST?

A technician needs to create a rule in the firewall to convert the directory server’s private IP address to its public IP address. Which of the following should the technician enable to accomplish this?

A technician is wiring up a new rack. Which of the following is the appropriate place for the power cord to wire this rack correctly?

A technician is asked to make recommendations for purchase of new server hardware in a datacenter. Currently the datacenter is extremely limited in power available for new hardware, so the technician wants to recommend processors that utilize the least amount of power possible. Which of the following processor architectures should the technician suggest?

A technician has installed an additional CPU into a server, but now the server is failing to pass POST. After verifying the CPU speed and multiplier, which of the following does the technician need to check for potential causes?

An administrator is backing up a database server. The administrator must select a backup method that does not change the archive bit. Which of the following backup techniques should be used to meet these requirements?

The BEST way for a technician to configure a server rack for full power redundancy is:

Which of the following OSs would be the MOST appropriate to manage a server with an Active Directory?

A systems administrator has been tasked to set up a new server to assign IP addresses on the network. The network administrator logs into the server, but cannot find the management tool to create a scope. Which of the following MOST likely happened to cause this?

An employee is working from home and has to dial into the system. The employee is able to connect to the network but is unable to authenticate. Which of the following is MOST likely offline?

A user is reporting that a large file upload is slower to one particular server compared to other servers on the same network. Which of the following might account for the difference in upload speed?

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?

A blade server consumes 2000W at full power in a chassis that holds four power supplies. Which of the following is the MINIMUM amount of 900W power supplies needed to power the blade chassis?

A technician was assigned new storage for the server from the storage administrator. The technician is unable to see the storage on the server, but the previously assigned storage is visible and working properly. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST in order to see the storage on the server?

Users on a network segment report that they are unable to connect to a newly installed file server. The file server IP address settings are as follows:
IP address: 10.0.10.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 10.10.10.1
Which of the following changes should the server administrator make?

A new DHCP server is placed on a network segment during off hours. When work resumes, users on a different network segment report connectivity issues. Users on the same network segment report no connectivity issues. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the connectivity issues?

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?

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 is securing a secure web server by disabling ports. After completing this process, clients cannot access the secure web server. The administrator should now go back and verify whether which of the following ports is enabled?

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?

Users report that an application is unable to connect to a server on the same network segment. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?

A technician is replacing a faulty NIC in a server. According to best practices, which of the following should be used to configure the IP address on the server?

A technician needs to add a processor to a server. Which of the following specifications should the technician examine? (Select THREE).

A server’s runtime during power outages is too short to shut down properly. A system technician is asked to remediate the problem. Which of the following would be the result of adding additional batteries to the UPS?

A system administrator wants to assure that a server is responsive. Which of the following networking tools should the administrator use to verify network connectivity?

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

Which of the following is the core software application that manages computer virtualization?

Which of the following is a requirement for a server to allow guests to be installed on a hypervisor host?

Swap space or page file is reserved on the:

An administrator needs to deploy 1000 servers in a short period of time. Which of the following deployment methods will expedite the OS installations?

A network administrator is installing additional devices on the network. Currently, the network segment is utilizing all allocated IP addresses. If there are additional addresses available, which of the following would be BEST for the network administrator to perform to accommodate the new network devices?