SK0-003 Exam Questions

An administrator has a single 14U rack. The administrator needs to install fifteen servers; rack- mounted redundant uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), a network switch, and a K...

A company has a policy that states that all servers will be fully backed up on the weekend. Additionally, all changed items will be backed up each night. In the event of a server f...

An administrator is getting reports that a file server is responding slowly. Which of the following steps should the administrator take FIRST?

An administrator is planning an upgrade of a major software package on an application server. The software has been identified, the project approved and the upgrade purchased. Whic...

While discussing the specifications of replacement servers, the administrator's manager asks what can be done to avoid the down time associated with failed hard drives on the serve...

An administrator adds a new SATA hard drive into a functional server and attempts to boot the server. The server will no longer boot into the operating system. The administrator ch...

Which of the following connection types provides the BEST data bandwidth when installing thirteen external hard drives on a server?

Which of the following must be available prior to performing the FIRST server backup?

An administrator is configuring RAID 1 in a server. The administrator has been given two matching 80GB SATA-2 hard drives, two SATA-2 cables, and a SATA-2 RAID adapter. How should...

Recently traffic to the company web server has more than doubled, resulting in slower response times from the server. An administrator has decided to add a second, identical 10/100...

An administrator gets a call that multiple users do not have network access to the company server that they have been using for five years. Users can access the other servers and c...

A web server has to be available all the time. It has its own redundant power source and uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Which of the following actions will provide additional...

A KVM system may connect which of the following? (Select THREE).

Which of the following bus types requires termination using a separate device?

Which of the following devices is susceptible to ESD?

Which of the following is the maximum transmission speed for iSCSI?

An administrator is receiving too many alerts for processor utilization on a server. Which of the following should the administrator perform?

Which of the following protocols define the rules and processes used to transmit and receive block storage applications over TCP/IP?

Which of the following is the BEST to use when securing fiber cables and preventing damage?

An administrator recently installed a known good RAID adapter. During boot up, the administrator is able to access the RAID configuration utility; however, when the administrator c...

A server consists of two 72GB SCSI drives and four 146GB SCSI drives. All drives are attached to a RAID controller. The system's administrator has decided to mirror two drives for...

An administrator has been instructed to add four additional drives to a server configured with RAID 5. The server is using 146GB drives for the data. Without changing the configura...

An administrator receives a call from an end user reporting that the application they are using keeps giving them an error on port 23. Which of the following is being used?

An administrator is in charge of a server that houses various applications. Which of the following BEST explains this server type?

Which of the following describes the difference between SATA and PATA?

An administrator installs new IDE drives into the company server. Upon starting the machine, the BIOS does not recognize any of the drives. Which of the following is the MOST likel...

An administrator needs to review the open ports on a host. Which of the following commands should they use?

An administrator wants to rackmount a new server. Power and network outlets are available and cooling in the room is adequate to support the additional server. The new server is id...

Which of the following is a valid source for Windows operating system updates?

An administrator is required to maintain maximum redundancy for 1TB of accounting files. Which of the following is the BEST option available to the administrator?

An administrator is required to maintain space for 750GB of user data. Which of the following is the BEST option available to the administrator?

Which of the following RAID configurations provides the BEST performance for database files while still providing redundancy?

A company needs to implement an offsite backup method that is replicated and needs to guarantee that the data cannot be changed once it is replicated. Which of the following would...

Users can only access external websites. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this problem?

A company has just implemented a disaster recovery plan in which critical business must be restored in a four hour window. Which of the following methods should be used to backup t...

A company is looking to improve upon their current remote management capabilities. The company must ensure that access is removed from all systems when a user is terminated and tha...

A blade server has been configured to boot from SAN. After an HBA firmware upgrade the blade was rebooted and cannot find the operating system. Which of the following should the ad...

Which of the following storage solutions attaches to a server either through a fiber channel connection or is presented to the server via iSCSI?

Which of the following hardware components is necessary for a server to access data directly on a fiber channel based SAN?

After successfully testing a probable cause to an issue, which of the following is the NEXT troubleshooting step?

Which of the following scenarios would dictate the use of a 64-bit processor instead of a 32-bit processor?

Which of the following is the MOST important concern when deciding on the servers locations?

Which of the following components should be removed prior to troubleshooting any server hardware failure?

The failure of which of the following components can cause a server to display a POST error message?

Before installing an operating system on a server, which of the following is the BEST resource for an administrator to review the compatibility of the OS with the video card?

Which of the following server types will assign a unique address to the client's machines?

Which of the following RAID levels combines mirroring and striping?

Which of the following storage technologies connects by TCP/IP and can slow down network traffic?

Which of the following optical devices by default has the GREATEST storage capacity?

Which of the following is best practice when disposing of used equipment?