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A comprehensive set of multiple-choice questions and answers covering various aspects of server technology, including server downtime, high availability, fault tolerance, network troubleshooting, server tiers, and storage solutions. It is a valuable resource for students preparing for the server+ exam.
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_____ is any time an organization's server(s) are down and not running and losing the company money. A.Downtime B.Relaxed C.Ineffecient D.Unreliable - CORRETCT ANSWER Downtime The Five 9s (99.999%) is roughly equal to ____ minutes of unscheduled downtime for high availability. A. B. C. D.15 - CORRETCT ANSWER 5 _____ _____ refers to a server's ability to keep providing service(s) even if something goes wrong. A.High Availability B.Daily Backup C.Fault Tolerance D.High Redundancy - CORRETCT ANSWER Fault Tolerance Which of the following goes hand in hand with fault tolerance for high availability?
A.Backups B.Archives C.Clustering D.Redundancy - CORRETCT ANSWER Redundancy In troubleshooting Name Resolution, which of the following is the third step in the process? A. Query the DNS B. Use NetBIOS C. Check Own Name D. Search HOSTS - CORRETCT ANSWER Query the DNS Reference: 1.Check Own Name, 2.Search HOSTS, 3. Query DNS 4.Use NetBIOS If you receive an error saying Request timed out this means that there is no routing information. True or false? - CORRETCT ANSWER False Explanation/Reference: Request timed out means the host is unavailable or cannot route a reply back to your computer. Destination host unreachable is when there is no routing information. Which IP address should one ping to test their own server? A. 0.0.0. B. 126.0.0. C. 128.0.0. D. 127.0.0.1 - CORRETCT ANSWER 127.0.0. Clustering refers to the distributing requests or services between multiple components. A.True B.False - CORRETCT ANSWER False
_____ is the ability to improve the performance of a server without diminishing its usefulness or increasing its cost disproportionately. A.Scalability B.TCO C.Asset Management D.Retiring - CORRETCT ANSWER Scalability A _____ server is a popular choice for small to medium sized businesses that need a server but limited on physical space and on a budget. A.Rack B.Micro C.Tower D.Blade - CORRETCT ANSWER Micro A _____ server uses the same form factor as a desktop PC but is often a little larger and more thought goes into the design and airflow for cooling. A.Tower B.Micro C.Blade D.Rack - CORRETCT ANSWER Tower A _____ _____ server is a user interface layer that is usually the closest in terms of coding and consists of a mix of HTML, Javascript, and Flash. A.Front end B.Middle tier
C.Back end - CORRETCT ANSWER Front end The _____ _____ server is sometimes referred to as the "plumbing" of the network and is the glue between the UI and the data. This is sometimes where web servers reside. A.Front end B.Middle tier C.Back end - CORRETCT ANSWER Middle tier Which of the following Linux commands allows one to obtain a network adapter's IP configuration? A. ipconfig B. ifconfig C. fdisk D. fsck - CORRETCT ANSWER ifconfig Which server tier is considered to be more robust and is designed to host mission critical data? A.Tier 1 B.Tier 2 C.Tier 3 D.Tier 4 - CORRETCT ANSWER Tier 4 Which server tier provides a guarantee of 99.741% availability A.Tier 1 B.Tier 2 C.Tier 3 D.Tier 4 - CORRETCT ANSWER Tier 2
A standard server rack is usually _____ Us in height A. B. C. D.42 - CORRETCT ANSWER 42 One U is equal to _____ inches in height. A.1. B.1. C.1. D.2.00 - CORRETCT ANSWER 1. A standard server racks tends to be _____ inches in width. A. B. C. D.42 - CORRETCT ANSWER 19 A server can be both hardware and software. This means it can provide services to other computers or provide software and applications to clients. A.True B.False - CORRETCT ANSWER True Which layer of the OSI model converts digital data so that it can be sent of a physical medium? A. Physical
B. Network C. Transport D. Application - CORRETCT ANSWER Physical The equation used to measure redundancy is _____. A. n+ B. n- C. n+ D. n-10 - CORRETCT ANSWER n+ Which layer of the OSI model provides a user interface? A. Session B. Transport C. Application D. Data Link - CORRETCT ANSWER Application Which of the following is not an example of a type of Network Access Server? A. Remote Access Server (RAS) B. Filtering Servers C. Monitoring Servers
DNS Servers - CORRETCT ANSWER Which of the following can provide Network Address Translation? A. A DNS server B. A web server C. A RAS server D. A proxy server - CORRETCT ANSWER A proxy server Which of the following commands will allow a person to find and correct errors on a hard drive. (choose all that apply) A. route B. nbtstat C. chkdsk D. fsck Explanation/Reference: chkdsk is Windows and fsck is Linux - CORRETCT ANSWER chkdsk and fsck Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop require the presence of the remote user in order to connect. A. True B.
False - CORRETCT ANSWER False SSDs are more likely to fail from mechanical problems than HDDs A. True B. False - CORRETCT ANSWER False Explanation/Reference: HDDs are more likely to fail from mechanical problems than SSDs because SSDs have no moving parts. Remote Desktop uses the following ports for connection. A. 3389 B. 53 C. 23 D. 1080 - CORRETCT ANSWER 3389 Which of the following servers allows clients to access network resources by computer name rather than by IP address? A. A RAS server. B. A NAS server. C. A, DHCP server.
A WINS server. - CORRETCT ANSWER A WINS Server Which of the following servers provide remote access though a dial-up connection? A. A RAS server. B. A NAS server. C. A, DHCP server. D. A WINS server. - CORRETCT ANSWER RAS Server Which of the following statements regarding a proxy server are TRUE? (Choose all that apply) A. A proxy server is a type of firewall that completely separates packets from internal hosts and from external hosts. B. A proxy server connects two dissimilar networks by providing Network Address Translation. C. A proxy server operates at the lower layers of the OSI reference model. D. A proxy server can cache frequently accessed Web pages and can increase network security by filtering out Web content that is considered insecure, such as executables, scripts, or viruses. - CORRETCT ANSWER A & D QUESTION 28 Which of the following CANNOT be performed by a proxy server?
Network Address Translation. B. Web page caching. C. Packet filtering. D. Data encryption. - CORRETCT ANSWER Data encryption Which of the following protocols define the rules and processes used to transmit and receive block storage applications over TCP/IP? A. iSCSI B. VoIP C. Distributed Applications over IP D. HTTPS - CORRETCT ANSWER iSCSI An administrator adds a new SATA hard drive into a functional server and attempts to boot the server. The server will no longer boot into the operating system. The administrator checks all the connections and reboots the server. The server still will not load the operating system. Which of the following is the MOST probable cause? A. The BIOS is set with the wrong boot order. B.
The jumpers have not been set on the hard drive. C. The hard drive is not compatible with the system board. D. The boot.ini file needs to be modified. - CORRETCT ANSWER The BIOS is set with the wrong boot order. Which of the following describes the difference between SATA and PATA? A. SATA operates on a single channel. B. PATA devices have three channels. C. PATA devices have their own channel whereas SATA does not. D. SATA devices have their own channel whereas PATA does not. - CORRETCT ANSWER SATA devices have their own channel whereas PATA does not. Which of the following connection types provides the BEST data bandwidth when installing thirteen external hard drives on a server? A. USB 2. B. SAS C. SATA D. Ultra SCSI 160 - CORRETCT ANSWER SAS
Which of the following expansion cards should be installed in a server to allow the server to connect to a SAN via a Fibre Channel? A. SATA B. iSCSI C. SCSI D. HBA - CORRETCT ANSWER HBA Which of the following bus types requires termination using a separate device? A. SATA B. CD-ROM drive C. USB D. SCSI - CORRETCT ANSWER SCBI A company needs to implement an offsite backup method that is replicated and needs to guarantee that the data cannot be changed once it is replicated. Which of the following would meet the company's needs? A. SAN
Which of the following is the maximum transmission speed for iSCSI? A. 1Gbps B. 2Gbps Full-Duplex C. Equal to the speed of the link D. 100Mbps - CORRETCT ANSWER Equal to the speed of the link A company has just implemented a disaster recovery plan in which critical business must be restored in a four hour window. Which of the following methods should be used to backup the servers? A. Incremental backup B. Data only backups C. SAN replication D. Full backup - CORRETCT ANSWER SAN replication
Which of the following storage solutions attaches to a server either through a Fibre Channel connection or is presented to the server via iSCSI? A. DAS B. NAS C. SAN D. WORM - CORRETCT ANSWER SAN Which of the following hardware components is necessary for a server to access data directly on a Fibre Channel based SAN? A. Gigabit NIC B. RAID controller card C. SATA controller card D. Host bus adapter - CORRETCT ANSWER Host bus adapter An administrator is configuring RAID 1 in a server. The administrator has been given two matching 80GB SATA-2 hard drives, two SATA-2 cables, and a SATA-2 RAID adapter. How should the administrator BEST configure these drives? A.
Install one drive on the first channel and install the second drive on the second channel. B. Install one drive on the first cable, on the first channel. Install the second drive on the second cable, on the second channel. C. Install both drives on the same channel. Cable both drives as the primary master on the same cable. D. Install both drives on the same channel. On the same cable one drive should be set as primary slave and the other drive as the primary master. - CORRETCT ANSWER Install one drive on the first cable, on the first channel. Install the second drive on the second cable, on the second channel. An administrator has replaced a faulty drive in a server using software RAID. The drive needs to now be partitioned before being added back to the array. Which of the following tools should the administrator use to accomplish this? A. chkdsk B. mount C. fsck D. diskpart - CORRETCT ANSWER diskpart Which of the following connectors identifies that a motherboard has onboard video capabilities? (Select TWO). A. DB- B. DB-
DVI - CORRETCT ANSWER DB-15 and DB- A company wants to expand their storage capacity in a flexible manner over their existing network. Which of the following storage solutions would they consider? A. External RAID array on an existing server B. Network Attached Storage C. Storage Area Network D. Tape library - CORRETCT ANSWER Network Attached Storage An administrator is required to maintain space for 750GB of user data. Which of the following is the BEST option available to the administrator? A. Create a RAID 5 array using five 200GB disks. B. Create a JBOD using four 200GB disks. C. Create a RAID 1 array using six 200GB disks. D. Create a RAID 5 array using three 200GB disks. - CORRETCT ANSWER Create a RAID 5 array using five 200GB disks.
An administrator needs to explain to management why updates are needed for the server. Which of the following is the BEST explanation to give? A. The updates guarantee that the server will work smoothly. B. The updates show management that IT is working diligently. C. The updates address driver and security issues. D. The updates are needed to allow the system monitoring agents to connect to the system. - CORRETCT ANSWER The updates address driver and security issues. Which of the following are features of server virtualization software? (Select TWO). A. Increased application performance B. Reduce resource utilization C. Reduce TCO D. Rapid server provisioning - CORRETCT ANSWER Reduce TCO and Rapid server provisioning A hypervisor is used to do which of the following? A. Create server baselines B.
Manage virtual machines C. Monitor network traffic D. Manage disk space - CORRETCT ANSWER Manage virtual machines Which of the following is not an example of a type of Network Access Server? A. Remote Access Server (RAS) B. Filtering Servers C. Monitoring Servers D. DNS Servers - CORRETCT ANSWER DNS Server Which of the following can provide Network Address Translation? A. A DNS server B. A web server C. A RAS server D. A proxy server - CORRETCT ANSWER A proxy server Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop require the presence of the remote user in order to connect.
True B. False - CORRETCT ANSWER False Remote Desktop uses the following ports for connection. A. 3389 B. 53 C. 23 D. 1080 - CORRETCT ANSWER 3389 Which of the following servers allows clients to access network resources by computer name rather than by IP address? A. A RAS server. B. A NAS server. C. A, DHCP server. D. A WINS server. - CORRETCT ANSWER A WINS Server
Which of the following statements regarding a proxy server are TRUE? (Choose all that apply) A. A proxy server is a type of firewall that completely separates packets from internal hosts and from external hosts. B. A proxy server connects two dissimilar networks by providing Network Address Translation. C. A proxy server operates at the lower layers of the OSI reference model. D. - CORRETCT ANSWER A proxy server is a type of firewall that completely separates packets from internal hosts and from external hosts. and A proxy server can cache frequently accessed Web pages and can increase network security by filtering out Web content that is considered insecure, such as executables, scripts, or viruses. Which of the following CANNOT be performed by a proxy server? A. Network Address Translation. B. Web page caching. C. Packet filtering. D. Data encryption. - CORRETCT ANSWER data encryption
You work as a server administrator at ABC.com. You need to install a printer in Windows Server 2008 R2. Which Control Panel app should you use? A. Printers and Faxes B. Device Manager C. Devices and Printers D. System E. I/O Devices - CORRETCT ANSWER Devices and printers Which of the following servers provide dynamic IP configuration to workstations? A. A RAS server. B. A NAS server. C. A, DHCP server. D. A WINS server. - CORRETCT ANSWER DHCP server A server consists of two 72GB SCSI drives and four 146GB SCSI drives. All drives are attached to a RAID controller. The system's administrator has decided to mirror two drives for the operating system. Which of the following is the maximum space the administrator will have remaining to use for data when using RAID 0?
You work as a server administrator at ABC.com. You need to install a printer in Windows Server 2008 R2. Which Control Panel app should you use? A.Printers and Faxes B.Device Manager C.Devices and Printers D.System E.I/O Devices - CORRETCT ANSWER Devices and Printer Which of the following usually gives the most compatibility errors after upgrading? (choose two) A. CPU B. Memory C. PSU D. Optical Drive - CORRETCT ANSWER CPU and Memory How many steps are there in the CompTIA Server+ Troubleshooting Model? A. 4 B. 5
What do counters allow you to measure in Performance Monitor (Perfmon)? (choose all that apply) A. Monitor System Resource Usage B. CPU Usage C. Locate Performance Problems D. Network Activity E. Bandwidth F. Locate Performance Bottlenecks - CORRETCT ANSWER Monitor System Resource Usage and Locate Performance Problems and Locate Peformance Bottlenecks You want to check CPU Usage for specific processes on a network Server, what tool would you use? A. Performance Monitor B.
Task Manager C. Resource Monitor D. Reliability Monitor - CORRETCT ANSWER Resource monitor What type of removable drive is used for data back up on a server? A. USB B. CD/DVD C. Tape Drive D. SSD - CORRETCT ANSWER tape drive What will Performace Counters show you? A. Processes, Memory, Physical Disks, Response Times B. CPU Usage, Disk, Network, Memory C. Real Time Events D. Processes, Performance, App History, Start Up - CORRETCT ANSWER Processes, Memory, Physical, Disks, Responses Times
Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCLs) identify if ________? (choose two) A. Application Compatiblity B. Mac Product Compatiblity C. Hardware is compatable with Server 2008 D. hardware is compatable with virtualization - CORRETCT ANSWER Hardware is compatable with Server 2008 hardware is compatable with virtualization Which of the following are the basis of problem management? (choose three) A. Identification B. Leadership C. Prioritization D. Ownership - CORRETCT ANSWER Identification, Prioritization, and Ownership Which of the following is responsible for resolving a fully qualified domain name to the IP address? A. RAS server B. DNS server C. DHCP server