nerdexam
CompTIA

SK0-004 · Question #16

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 th

The correct answer is A. Perform a test on the UPS batteries. When a UPS monitoring daemon generates a battery warning, the first step is to test the batteries to confirm their actual condition before taking any corrective action.

Troubleshooting

Question

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?

Options

  • APerform a test on the UPS batteries
  • BImmediately replace the UPS batteries
  • CMove the servers connected to the UPS to another existing UPS
  • DImmediately replace the UPS with a new UPS

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    77% (27)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    14% (5)

Why each option

When a UPS monitoring daemon generates a battery warning, the first step is to test the batteries to confirm their actual condition before taking any corrective action.

APerform a test on the UPS batteriesCorrect

Performing a diagnostic test on the UPS batteries first confirms whether the warning reflects a genuine failure or a false alarm from the monitoring daemon - this follows standard troubleshooting methodology of verifying the problem before committing to any disruptive or costly remediation action such as replacement or load migration.

BImmediately replace the UPS batteries

Immediately replacing the batteries without testing is premature because a warning may indicate a minor degradation, calibration drift, or a sensor error that does not require replacement.

CMove the servers connected to the UPS to another existing UPS

Moving servers to another UPS before testing is unnecessarily disruptive, risks overloading the target UPS, and skips the diagnostic step that may reveal no action is needed.

DImmediately replace the UPS with a new UPS

Replacing the entire UPS unit without first testing the batteries is an excessive and costly response that bypasses proper diagnostic verification and may be completely unnecessary.

Concept tested: UPS battery warning triage and first response steps

Topics

#UPS maintenance#battery health#troubleshooting methodology#power management

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full SK0-004 Practice