Comptia 7

A server administrator is installing an OS on a new server. Company policy states no one is to log in directly to the server. Which of the following Installation methods is BEST suited to meet the company policy?

• GUI

• Core

• Virtualized

• Clone

A server technician is deploying a server with eight hard drives. The server specifications call for a RAID configuration that can handle up to two drive failures but also allow for the least amount of drive space lost to RAID overhead. Which of the following RAID levels should the technician configure for this drive array?

• RAID 0

• RAID 5

• RAID 6

• RAID 10

Which of the following script types would MOST likely be used on a modern Windows server OS?

• Batch

• VBS

• Bash

• PowerShell

A systems administrator is setting up a new server that will be used as a DHCP server. The administrator installs the OS but is then unable to log on using Active Directory credentials. The administrator logs on using the local administrator account and verifies the server has the correct IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. The administrator then gets on another server and can ping the new server. Which of the following is causing the issue?

• Port 443 is not open on the firewall

• The server is experiencing a downstream failure

• The local hosts file is blank

• The server is not joined to the domain

Which of the following actions should a server administrator take once a new backup scheme has been configured?

• Overwrite the backups

• Clone the configuration

• Run a restore test

• Check the media integrity

A user cannot save large files to a directory on a Linux server that was accepting smaller files a few minutes ago. Which of the following commands should a technician use to identify the issue?

• pvdisplay

• mount

• df -h

• fdisk -l

Following a recent power outage, a server in the datacenter has been constantly going offline and losing its configuration. Users have been experiencing access issues while using the application on the server. The server technician notices the date and time are incorrect when the server is online. All other servers are working. Which of the following would MOST likely cause this issue? (Choose two.)

• The server has a faulty power supply

• The server has a CMOS battery failure

• The server requires OS updates

• The server has a malfunctioning LED panel

• The time synchronization service is disabled on the servers

Hackers recently targeted a company with an attack that resulted in a system breach, which compromised the organization's data. Because of the system breach, the administrator had to bypass normal change management procedures. Which of the following change management activities was necessary?

• Cancelled change request

• Change request postponement

• Emergency change request

• Privilege change request

• User permission change request

A server room contains ten physical servers that are running applications and a cluster of three dedicated hypervisors. The hypervisors are new and only have 10% utilization. The Chief Financial Officer has asked that the IT department do what it can to cut back on power consumption and maintenance costs in the data center. Which of the following would address the request with minimal server downtime?

• Unplug the power cables from the redundant power supplies, leaving just the minimum required.

• Convert the physical servers to the hypervisors and retire the ten servers.

• Reimage the physical servers and retire all ten servers after the migration is complete.

• Convert the ten servers to power-efficient core editions.

A server administrator is installing a new server with multiple NICs on it. The Chief Information Officer has asked the administrator to ensure the new server will have the least amount of network downtime but a good amount of network speed. Which of the following best describes what the administrator should implement on the new server?

• VLAN

• vNIC

• Link aggregation

• Failover