The HIDS logs on a server indicate a significant number of unauthorized access attempts via USB devices at startup. Which of the following steps should a server administrator take to BEST secure the server without limiting functionality?

Change the boot order on the server and restrict console access. C Configure the host OS to deny login attempts via USB.

Set a BIOS/UEFI password on the server.

Change the boot order on the server and restrict console access. C Configure the host OS to deny login attempts via USB.

Disable all the USB ports on the server.

A server administrator wants to ensure a storage array can survive the failure of two drives without the loss of dat

Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?

A senior administrator instructs a technician to run the following script on a Linux server:for i in {1..65536); do echo Si; telnet localhost $i; doneThe script mostly returns the following message: Connection refused. However, there are several entries in the console display that look like this:80Connected to localhost443Connected to localhostWhich of the following actions should the technician perform NEXT?

Look for an unauthorized HTTP service on this server

Look for a virus infection on this server

Look for an unauthorized Telnet service on this server

Look for an unauthorized port scanning service on this server.

After the installation of an additional network card into a server, the server will not boot into the OS. A technician tests the network card in a different server with a different OS and verifies the card functions correctly. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to troubleshoot this issue?

Verify the network card is on the HCL for the OS.

Remove the original network card and attempt to boot using only the new network card.

Check that the BIOS is configured to recognize the second network card.

Ensure the server has enough RAM to run a second network card.

Verify the network card is on the HCL for the OS.

An administrator is troubleshooting performance issues on a server that was recently upgraded. The administrator met with users/stakeholders and documented recent changes in an effort to determine whether the server is better or worse since the changes. Which of the following would BEST help answer the server performance question9

An application service-level agreement

A company has a data center that is located at its headquarters, and it has a warm site that is located 20mi (32km) away, which serves as a DR location. Which of the following should the company design and implement to ensure its DR site is adequate?

Set up a DR site that is geographically located in another region.

Set up the warm site as a DR cold site.

Set up a DR site that is in the cloud and in the same region.

Set up the warm site as a DR hot site.

Set up a DR site that is geographically located in another region.

An administrator is alerted to a hardware failure in a mission-critical server. The alert states that two drives have failed. The administrator notes the drives are in different RAID 1 arrays, and both are hotswappable. Which of the following steps will be the MOST efficient?

Replace both failed drives at the same time.

Replace one drive, wait for a rebuild, and replace the next drive.

Shut down the server and replace the drives.

Replace both failed drives at the same time.

Replace all the drives in both degraded arrays.

A server administrator made a change in a server's BIOS in an attempt to fix an issue with the OS not turning on. However, the change did not successfully correct the issue. Which of the following should the server administrator do NEXT?

Reverse the latest change made to the server and reboot.

Reinstall the server OS in repair mode while maintaining the data.

Flash the BIOS with the most recent version.

Reverse the latest change made to the server and reboot.

Restart the server into safe mode and roll back changes.

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?

RAID 5 was configured properly.

RAID 0 was configured by mistake.

RAID 5 was configured properly.

JBOD was configured by mistake.

RAID 10 was configured by mistake.

A technician is attempting to log in to a Linux server as root but cannot remember the administrator password. Which of the following is the LEAST destructive method of resetting the administrator password?

Adjust the GRUB boot parameters to boot into single-user mode. Run passwd from the command prompt.

Boot using a Linux live CD and mount the hard disk to /mnt. Change to the /mnt/etc directory. Edit the passwd file found in that directory.

Reinstall the OS in overlay mode. Reset the root password from the install GUI screen.

Adjust the GRUB boot parameters to boot into single-user mode. Run passwd from the command prompt.

Boot using a Linux live CD and mount the hard disk to /mnt. SCP the /etc directory from a known accessible server to /mnt/etc.

A server shut down after an extended power outage. When power was restored, the system failed to start. A few seconds into booting, the Num Lock, Scroll Lock, and Caps Lock LEDs flashed several times, and the system stopped. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

The system failed before the display card initialized.

The keyboard is defective and needs to be replaced.

The system failed before the display card initialized.

The power supply is faulty and is shutting down the system.

The NIC has failed, and the system cannot make a network connection.

Which of the following BEST describes overprovisioning in a virtual server environment?

Committing more virtual resources to virtual machines than there are physical resources present

Installing more physical hardware than is necessary to run the virtual environment to allow for future expansion

Allowing a virtual machine to utilize more resources than are allocated to it based on the server load

Ensuring there are enough physical resources to sustain the complete virtual environment in the event of a host failure

An administrator is investigating several unexpected documents and video files that recently appeared in a network share. The administrator checks the properties of the files and sees the author's name on the documents is not a company employee. The administrator questions the other users, but no one knows anything about the files. The administrator then checks the log files and discovers the FTP protocol was used to copy the files to the server. Which of the following needs to be done to prevent this from happening again?

Implement data loss prevention.

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