Comptia (SK0-004) Exam Questions And Answers page 20
A server has rebooted early in the morning on the second Wednesday of each month for the past three months. No one was logged into the server at the time of the reboots, and there was no planned maintenance on any of the mornings in question. Which of the following is a server technician likely to inspect FIRST to determine the cause of the reboots?
Update settings
Maintenance settings
Security event logs
Server Administration
A server in a small company functions as a print server. Suddenly it stops sending print jobs to the printers. A technician verifies that the printers are working correctly. Additionally, the print spooler had been restarted and is running on the server, it is accessible from workstations, and it shows as being ready to accept print jobs. Which of the following has MOST likely caused the print server to stop processing print jobs?
The print quota has been exceeded.
The server needs an updated print driver.
The server needs pooling enabled.
The server's hard drive is out of space.
Server Administration
Storage
A server is connected to a gigabit Ethernet switch and has negotiated 1Gbps / Full Duplex. When transferring large files to and from other servers on the segment via FTP slow performance is noticed. All network cabling, network hardware and server hardware were verified to be working correctly. Which of the following could be done to improve performance?
Decrease the TCP window size.
Increase the UDP window size.
Increase the TCP window size.
Decrease the UDP window size.
Server Administration
Networking
A server is giving a fault code indicating that a RAM chip is producing errors and should be replaced. According to best practices, which of the following is the proper sequence of steps to replace the faulty module?
Attach ESD protection, open server case, replace module, close server case, baseline configuration
Open server case, baseline configuration, attach ESD protection, replace module, close server case
Attach ESD protection, baseline configuration, open server case, replace module, close server case
Open server case, replace module, attach ESD protection, close server case, baseline configuration
Server Administration
Storage
A server is having problems accessing its presented storage on a SAN. Which of the following could be causing the problem? (Select TWO).
NIC
HBA
Tape backup drive
SCSI adapter
CPU
Server Administration
Security
A server is rebooted after maintenance. Upon reboot, the video display reports it cannot find the boot loader. Which of the following should the administrator check FIRST?
The server has a power surge
The BIOS boot sequence is incorrect
The server is overheating
The boot loader is incompatible with the server
Server Administration
A server on the network stores sensitive data for a department in the company. Many users in that department access the data. A systems administrator has been instructed to ensure only this data is encrypted in the most efficient manner. Which of the following solutions is BEST?
Disk-level encryption
File-level encryption
Data transfer encryption
User-initiated encryption
Server Administration
Security
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.)
Reset Ann s password
Unlock Ann s account
Reboot the server
Recreate Ann s profile
Check Ann s profile
Verify Ann s ACL
Server Administration
Security
A server recently suffered a malware attack. During forensic analysis, it was found that the vulnerability had been on the server all along. The malware finally rendered the server inoperative when a systems administrator logged onto the server to view setting. Which of the following could have triggered the attack?
Privilege escalation occurred when the administrator logged in.
The systems administrator used a malware-infected site.
A user kicked off the malware attack remotely to the server.
The company did not renew the malware license.
Security
Networking
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?
Memory
Hard drive
RAID controller
CPU
Server Hardware
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