Fumbled Questions Flashcards
An administrator is tasked with deploying a server in a telephone switching station. Which of the
following voltages will MOST likely be available at the facility?
-48VDC
As a best practice, which of the following should be determined prior to provisioning a server?
(Select TWO).
Hostname
Domain name
A system administrator needs to install an operating system onto a new server in a remote
location using PXE. Which of the following methods will BEST accomplish this?
TFTP
The IT director instructed the systems administrator to build a server to support the accounting
department’s file growth. The IT director requested that the accounting users have the ability to
encrypt their files; however, the accounting users have reported the inability to encrypt their files.
Which of the following file system types is MOST likely causing this issue?
FAT32
Which of the following server types translates FQDNs to IP addresses?
DNS
A system administrator needs to directly control a server that has no network connectivity. Which
of the following should be used to accomplish this?
KVM
A system administrator is asked to set up several physical file servers that have recently crashed
due to a power failure. Which of the following documents should the administrator refer to in order
to complete this task?
Server configuration documentation
When attempting to diagnose service access issues between multiple hosts that coordinate
information, which of the following can be used to track dependencies?
Dataflow diagrams
Which of the following is a benefit of utilizing a type 2 hypervisor to manage guests?
There is increased hardware support since there is an OS layer
An ISP is currently drafting and compiling a Service Level Agreement that states there should only
be 5.26 minutes of downtime per year, 25.9 seconds per month, and 6.05 seconds per week.
Which of the following percentages should be used to meet these metrics?
99.999%
An emergency power off accidentally occurs in a datacenter during a fire alarm test. On recovery,
the server administrator notices that an external storage array is performing consistency checks
on all the volumes configured in the array. Which of the following components of the storage array
has MOST likely failed or faulted?
Battery Backed Cache
A server administrator wants to isolate a SAN hosted LUN to be visible to only a single host.
Which of the following methodologies would be used to present the LUN to only that host?
LUN masking
Network devices between two firewalls are included in which of the following?
DMZ
A server unexpectedly shut down as a result of overheating. An alert was sent to the
administrator’s email address but the administrator was away from the workstation when the alert
arrived. Which of the following would have been a more effective method for sending the alert
notification?
SMS Messages (47)
A server technician in a datacenter configures a daemon to monitor the battery health in a UPS.
Over a two day time period, the daemon generates a warning message. Which of the following
represents the FIRST action that should be taken by the server technician?
Perform a test on the UPS batteries (48)
Which of the following protocols is considered stateless and utilizes TCP when communicating
between a server and client?
HTTP
A hardware failure affects a server in a datacenter. The server is critical to company operation,
and the hardware vendor is out of stock on the parts needed to repair the server. A network
technician suggests replacing it with a server from the warm site. Which of the following should the
technician do FIRST?
Check the DRP and BCP and talk to the company stakeholders before making the decision. (59)
A technician wants to implement a grandfather-father-son tape rotation policy. Which of the
following implements this backup strategy?
Assign a different set of tapes for daily, weekly, and monthly backups
In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to
implement a backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as
long as compatible hardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this
requirement?
Bare metal (61)
A mission critical server has faulted with a dead 66 MHz 3.3V PCI-X network interface card. The
system administrator has been directed to get the server functional as soon as possible, even if it
is connected with less bandwidth. There are no onsite spare cards available and the vendor does
not expect to have the parts for at least a week. Which of the following immediately available NICs
could be substituted instead?
33 MHz 3.3V PCI (106)
Which of the following is the MOST energy efficient way of powering equipment within a
datacenter with a large UPS battery bank?
48V DC (107)
A number of users are indicating that access to a network file server is responding very slowly
when reading or writing to the share. The server administrator notes that a drive has failed in a
four-disk RAID 5 array. The array is running in a degraded state because no hot spare was
configured. After replacing the failed disk, which of the following steps would be BEST to take to
prevent slow response after a drive failure?
Add an additional hard drive, and convert the volume to a RAID 6 configuration. (110)
A user reports that a script \Server\Share\Runme.bat, which is run on a daily basis, cannot be
accessed. Which of the following is the FIRST step to take in resolving this issue?
Ping the server. (122)
In a Windows environment, a user is able to access the network folder and open items, but is not
able to delete anything. Which of the following folder permissions does the user require?
Modify (131)
