Comptia (SK0-004) Exam Questions And Answers page 7
An administrator has been tasked with consolidating six individual servers into one blade enclosure. The administrator completed the task successfully. A week later, all of the blades would not boot properly. Which of the following would MOST likely be causing this issue?
The network module on the blade enclosure is faulty.
The backplane of the enclosure is faulty.
The management modules in the enclosure are faulty.
Storage
Networking
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?
FC
iSCSI
SAS
SATA
Storage Technologies
An administrator has been tasked with making recommendations for purchasing new disks for a low I/O file server. Keeping in mind that budget and capacity are the primary concerns, which the following disk types should the administrator recommend?
SATA
FC
SCSI
SAS
Storage
Storage Technologies
An administrator has encountered a problem with a particular piece of software installed on the server and begins the troubleshooting process. Which of the following is the FIRST place the administrator should look for specific information about the problem?
The supporting documentation
The vendors website
The Internet
The servers event logs
Server Administration
An administrator has just installed a new NIC into the server. The system POSTs fine and the NIC is recognized by the OS, but it does not receive an IP address. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this?
The NIC is not on the HCL.
The driver is incorrect on the server.
The patch cable has not been seated properly.
The NIC is not seated properly.
Networking
An administrator has just upgraded a server from non-hot plug storage to all hot plug storage.
The administrator powers up the server, during POST the RAID controller is recognized but none of the drive lights flash.
Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST to troubleshoot the problem?
The administrator powers up the server, during POST the RAID controller is recognized but none of the drive lights flash.
Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST to troubleshoot the problem?
Check the backplane cabling.
Check the server BIOS.
Update the RAID controller firmware.
Install the latest hard drive firmware.
Storage
Security
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).
Setting up a custom community name
Configuring the network to block traffic on port 161
Configuring the Windows Firewall to block port 161
Setting SNMP to read only on the devices
Installing new MIBs
Security
Networking
An administrator is asked to change a configuration using a GUI on a Windows server, but does not have access to a KVM. Which of the following is BEST to make the change?
SSH
SCP
RDP
NTP
Server Administration
An administrator is asked to harden a Linux server after installing the OS. Which of the following should the administrator do FIRST?
Install the latest OS patches.
Set up a personal firewall.
Disable the HIDS.
Enable WOL.
Security
An administrator is attempting to connect a laptop directly to a server s 100Mbps management NIC.
Which of the following cables should the administrator use ?
Which of the following cables should the administrator use ?
Rollover
Straight through Cat 5
Straight through Cat 5e
Crossover
Server Administration
Networking
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