Deck 4 Flashcards

1
Q

The shortest time to recovery method in the event of a complete datacenter failure is to utilize a:

A. warm site.
B. hot site.
C. cold site.
D. private cloud.
E. hybrid cloud.
A

B. hot site.

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2
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Which of the following is the number of 7-inch high servers that can be installed in a 42U rack?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 10
D. 12

A

C. 10

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3
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A server’s runtime during power outages is too short to shut down properly. A system technician is asked to remediate the problem. Which of the following would be the result of adding additional batteries to the UPS?

A. Increased load balancing
B. Extended uptime
C. Greater efficiency
D. Increased power output

A

B. Extended uptime

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4
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An administrator purchases a new server, which contains only one Xeon processor. This server is also known as a:

A. load balancing server.
B. multicore server.
C. redundant server.
D. single-core server.

A

B. multicore server.

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5
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A technician working in the datacenter has finished racking a new 4U server into a new rack. Which of the following should the technician do to allow for hot/cold aisle containment?

A. Close the perforated floor tile in front of the new rack.
B. Reset the rack temperature and humidity control.
C. Install blanking panels in the rack.
D. Lower the temperature of the data center HVAC.

A

C. Install blanking panels in the rack.

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6
Q

When using multifactor authentication, which of the following represents “something you have”?

A. A password
B. A PIN
C. A fingerprint
D. An ID card

A

D. An ID card

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7
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A system administrator is asked to set up several physical file serversthat have recently crashed due to a power failure. Which of the following documents should the administrator refer to in order to complete this task?

A. Server configuration documentation
B. Network diagram
C. Asset management documentation
D. Dataflow diagram

A

A. Server configuration documentation

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8
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A user accidentally deleted a critical file. A technician tries to restore it from tape backup but receives an error that the file does not exist on the tape. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?

A. Verify that the correct tape is in the tape drive.
B. Re-index the tape library.
C. Schedule a differential backup to run now.
D. Update the tape drive firmware.

A

A. Verify that the correct tape is in the tape drive.

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9
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A technician is asked to troubleshoot a hardware alert on a server. The server is up and running and all users can access their data. Which of the following could the technician use to find the failed component? (Select TWO).

A. LEDs
B. Dataflow diagram
C. Power supply tester
D. LCD messages
E. Cabling diagram
A

A. LEDs

D. LCD messages

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10
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A system administrator is troubleshooting a network connectivity issue and runs ipconfig/all
on the host. The command returns the following:
IPv4 Address: 169.254.0.12
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
The client is configured for DHCP. Which of the following commands should be run on the
client to resolve this issue? (Select TWO).

A. ipconfig/release
B. tracert
C. ipconfig/flushdns
D. ipconfig/renew
E. ipconfig/showclassid
F. nslookup
A

A. ipconfig/release

D. ipconfig/renew

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11
Q

Which of the following will protect data loss against catastrophic multiple physical drive failure?

A. RAID 10
B. Snapshot
C. Tape backup
D. RAID 5

A

C. Tape backup

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12
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A system administrator needs to rebuild a server by booting to the OS DVD. The server
powers up but attempts to boot from the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely
source of the problem?

A. Incorrect media type
B. Driver failure
C. Incorrect mount point
D. Memory failure

A

A. Incorrect media type

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13
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A server technician is tasked to replace a RAID controller battery on a server.The server
technician has no prior experience replacing a RAID controller battery. Which of the
following should the server technician do to obtain the required knowledge or procedures to
replace the battery?

A. Review software specifications
B. Review architecture diagrams
C. Review service manuals
D. Review service logs

A

C. Review service manuals

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14
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A server has been assigned a role of mail server. Which of the following services will be installed as a result of this selection?

A. SNMP
B. SMTP
C. TCP
D. DHCP
E. SFTP
A

B. SMTP

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15
Q

Several of the finance department computers are experiencing timeouts while in their
financial program. The program will not open or close; however, the previous day the
program was running without issues. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of
this problem?

A. Service priority
B. Rogue processes
C. Firewall problem
D. Processor affinity

A

B. Rogue processes

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16
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A server administrator is notified that all three hard disks in a server array have failed.
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

A. Incompatible BIOS
B. Backplane failure
C. Cache battery failure
D. Incorrect firmware version

A

B. Backplane failure

17
Q

When attempting to diagnose service access issues between multiple hosts that
coordinate information, which of the following can be used to track dependencies?
A. Dataflow diagrams
B. Architecture diagrams
C. Baseline documentation
D. Service manuals

A

A. Dataflow diagrams

18
Q

A technician is troubleshooting a Linux server and wants to inspect the free disk space on
the /dev/sda partition of the system. Which of the following command line tools should the
administrator run to view available disk space on the partition?

A. dd
B. du
C. ls
D. df

A

D. df

19
Q

A blade server chassis has two power supplies. Which of the following is a benefit of a
technician connecting each power supply to a separate UPS unit?

A. Quality of service
B. Fault tolerance
C. Traffic shaping
D. Load balancing

A

B. Fault tolerance

20
Q

Swap space or page file is reserved on the:

A. motherboard.
B. memory.
C. hard disk.
D. CPU.

A

C. hard disk.