Get 220+ CompTIA SK0-005 Questions - CompTIA Server+ Certification Exam

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Question #1  Topic 1

A technician is installing a variety of servers in a rack. Which of the following is the BEST course of action for the technician to take while loading the rack?

A. Alternate the direction of the airflow

B. Install the heaviest server at the bottom of the rack

C. Place a UPS at the top of the rack

D. Leave 1U of space between each server

Correct Answer: B

Question # 2 Topic 1

A large number of connections to port 80 is discovered while reviewing the log files on a server. The server is not functioning as a web server.

Which of the following represent the BEST immediate actions to prevent unauthorized server access? (Choose two.)

A. Audit all group privileges and permissions

B. Run a checksum tool against all the files on the server

C. Stop all unneeded services and block the ports on the firewall

D. Initialize a port scan on the server to identify open ports

E. Enable port forwarding on port 80

F. Install a NIDS on the server to prevent network intrusions

Correct Answer: CD

Question # 3 Topic 1

A technician needs to deploy an operating system that would optimize server resources. Which of the following server installation methods would BEST meet this requirement?

A. Full

B. Bare metal

C. Core

D. GUI

Correct Answer: C

Question # 4 Topic 1

A server administrator is configuring the IP address on a newly provisioned server in the testing environment. The network VLANs are configured as follows:

The administrator configures the IP address for the new server as follows:

IP address: 192.168.1.1/24 -

Default gateway: 192.168.10.1 -

A ping sent to the default gateway is not successful. Which of the following IP address/default gateway combinations should the administrator have used for the new server?

A. IP address: 192.168.10.2/24 Default gateway: 192.168.10.1

B. IP address: 192.168.1.2/24 Default gateway: 192.168.10.1

C. IP address: 192.168.10.3/24 Default gateway: 192.168.20.1

D. IP address: 192.168.10.24/24 Default gateway: 192.168.30.1

Correct Answer: B

Question # 5 Topic 1

A server technician installs a new NIC on a server and configures the NIC for IP connectivity. The technician then tests the connection using the ping command.

Given the following partial output of the ping and ipconfig commands:

Which of the following caused the issue?

A. Duplicate IP address

B. Incorrect default gateway

C. DHCP misconfiguration

D. Incorrect routing table

Correct Answer: A

Question # 6 Topic 1

Which of the following is the BEST action to perform before applying patches to one of the hosts in a high availability cluster?

A. Disable the heartbeat network.

B. Fallback cluster services.

C. Set the cluster to active-active.

D. Failover all VMs.

Correct Answer: B

Question # 7  Topic 1

Users are experiencing issues when trying to access resources on multiple servers. The servers are virtual and run on an ESX server. A systems administrator is investigating but is unable to connect to any of the virtual servers. When the administrator connects to the host, a purple screen with white letters appears. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the administrator perform FIRST?

A. Check the power supplies.

B. Review the log files.

C. Reinstall the ESX server.

D. Reseat the processors.

Correct Answer: B

Question # 8 Topic 1

An administrator is only able to log on to a server with a local account. The server has been successfully joined to the domain and can ping other servers by IP address.

Which of the following locally defined settings is MOST likely misconfigured?

A. DHCP

B. WINS

C. DNS

D. TCP

Correct Answer: C

Question # 9 Topic 1

A junior administrator needs to configure a single RAID 5 volume out of four 200GB drives attached to the server using the maximum possible capacity. Upon completion, the server reports that all drives were used, and the approximate volume size is 400GB.

Which of the following BEST describes the result of this configuration?

A. RAID 0 was configured by mistake.

B. RAID 5 was configured properly.

C. JBOD was configured by mistake.

D. RAID 10 was configured by mistake.

Correct Answer: B

Question # 10 Topic 1

A server administrator is connecting a new storage array to a server. The administrator has obtained multiple IP addresses for the array.

Which of the following connection types is the server MOST likely using to connect to the array?

A. eSATA

B. USB

C. FC

D. iSCSI

Correct Answer: D