Comptia (SK0-004) Exam Questions And Answers page 31
A technician is troubleshooting a server that has slow performance. The performance monitoring tool provides the following information:
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the poor performance?
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the poor performance?
Memory
CPU
Motherboard
Server Administration
Storage
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?
One power supply from each server should go to differing PDUs
Each PDU should be plugged into a separate UPS
Each UPS should be plugged into a different circuit
Nothing should be plugged into the wall other than the UPSs
Server Hardware
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?
Snapshot
Incremental
Differential
Full
Server Administration
Server Virtualization
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?
Install a virtual NIC
Install a riser card
Install a daughtercard
Install a KVM
Networking
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?
Backplane
CPU daughterboard
Riser card
Array controller
Server Hardware
Server Virtualization
A technician needs to install six blade servers. Which of the following MUST a technician install along with the blades?
Blade rail kits
Blade shelves
Blade enclosure
Blade station
Server Administration
Storage
A technician notices inlet temperatures to rack-mounted servers are significantly higher in the center of the rack as compared to the top and bottom of the rack. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?
Lack of front-mounted blanking panels
Too much humidity in the room
Room temperature set too high
Air conditioning units sized incorrectly
Server Administration
Networking
A technician notices that several servers in one rack are failing due to thermal issues. Other racks within the datacenter are not having the same issues. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST to resolve this issue?
Ensure blanking panels are used on open rack spaces.
Lower the temperature of the server room.
Reverse the cold and hot aisles.
Replace the servers in question with liquid cooled servers.
Server Architecture
Storage
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?
Download and install a firmware update from a centralized server.
Download the firmware update and test it on a VM.
Download the firmware update and test it on a non-production server.
Download the firmware update and run it on the company's file server immediately.
Server Hardware
Server Administration
A technician receives a report that two users are having difficulty retaining connections to a server hosting a company application. On testing, the technician sees the following:
• Initial connections to the server are sporadic.
• If connected, the client is dropped within 30 seconds.
• Attempting to reconnect is sometimes successful but other times requires multiple attempts.
• Local testing on the server reveals no problems.
Given these symptoms, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?
• Initial connections to the server are sporadic.
• If connected, the client is dropped within 30 seconds.
• Attempting to reconnect is sometimes successful but other times requires multiple attempts.
• Local testing on the server reveals no problems.
Given these symptoms, which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?
Two workstations have been configured with the same IP address.
Two separate NICs have the same MAC address.
There are multiple DNS entries for the same host.
Routing has been configured incorrectly for the clients.
Storage
Security
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