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CompTIA Server+ (SK0-005) practice test

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Question 1 Server hardware

Question 1: Server hardware

A server administrator needs to install memory modules that can detect and correct single-bit errors to improve reliability in a production database server. Which type of memory should be used?

Question 2 Storage

Question 2: Storage

An administrator wants a RAID level that provides both striping for performance and mirroring for redundancy, tolerating the loss of one drive in each mirrored pair. Which RAID level should be configured?

Question 3 Server administration

Question 3: Server administration

An administrator must apply firmware and BIOS updates and configure hardware settings on a server that is powered off and located in a remote data center. Which technology enables this?

Question 4 Server administration

Question 4: Server administration

An administrator wants to consolidate ten lightly used physical servers onto fewer hardware hosts while keeping each workload isolated in its own operating system. Which technology should be used?

Question 5 Server security

Question 5: Server security

Which practice reduces the attack surface of a newly deployed server by removing unnecessary services, closing unused ports, and disabling default accounts?

Question 6 Disaster recovery

Question 6: Disaster recovery

A business states that after a major outage, systems must be restored and operational within four hours. Which disaster recovery metric does this define?

Question 7 Disaster recovery

Question 7: Disaster recovery

An organization performs a full backup every Sunday and incremental backups Monday through Saturday. To restore data lost on Thursday, which backups are required?

Question 8 Server troubleshooting

Question 8: Server troubleshooting

A server intermittently reboots under heavy load and the event logs show no operating system errors. Which hardware component should the administrator check first?

Question 9 Server hardware

Question 9: Server hardware

An administrator needs to add a high-speed network interface card to a server. Which expansion slot type provides the highest bandwidth for such a card in a modern server?

Question 10 Storage

Question 10: Storage

Which storage technology allows a server to access block-level storage over a dedicated high-speed network so the operating system treats it like a local disk?

Question 11 Server administration

Question 11: Server administration

An administrator must document a planned server reboot, obtain approval, and schedule it during a maintenance window. Which process governs this?

Question 12 Server security

Question 12: Server security

Which authentication factor category does a hardware token that generates a one-time code belong to?

Question 13 Disaster recovery

Question 13: Disaster recovery

A company maintains a fully equipped alternate facility with hardware running and data continuously replicated, ready to take over almost immediately. Which type of recovery site is this?

Question 14 Server troubleshooting

Question 14: Server troubleshooting

Users cannot reach a server by its hostname but can reach it by its IP address. Which is the most likely cause?

Question 15 Server hardware

Question 15: Server hardware

An administrator wants to ensure a critical server stays running for several minutes during a brief utility power loss so it can shut down gracefully. Which device provides this?

Question 16 Server administration

Question 16: Server administration

An administrator wants several servers to act as one logical unit so that if one node fails, another automatically takes over the workload. Which configuration achieves this?

Question 17 Server security

Question 17: Server security

Which practice ensures that data on decommissioned server drives cannot be recovered before the drives leave the organization?

Question 18 Storage

Question 18: Storage

A virtualization administrator wants to allocate 2 TB of storage to a virtual machine but only consume physical space as data is actually written. Which provisioning method should be used?

Question 19 Server troubleshooting

Question 19: Server troubleshooting

After installing a new application, a server runs out of disk space on the system volume. Which is the most appropriate first troubleshooting step?

Question 20 Server administration

Question 20: Server administration

Which type of server role responds to client requests for translating domain names into IP addresses?

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