SK0-005 Exam Questions
659 real SK0-005 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 14.
- Question #1Security and disaster recovery
A server administrator needs to harden a server by only allowing secure traffic and DNS inquiries. A port scan reports the following ports are open: 443 636 Which of the following...
Network securityServer hardeningPort numbersInsecure protocols - Question #2Security and disaster recovery
An employee who was dismissed did not return company-issued equipment. Which of the following is the most important information the IT department needs to give to the legal departm...
Asset managementEquipment trackingLegal complianceEmployee offboarding - Question #3Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following must a server administrator do to ensure data on the SAN is not compromised if it is leaked?
Data at rest encryptionSAN securityData protectionStorage encryption - Question #4Security and disaster recovery
Users in an office lost access to a file server following a short power outage. The server administrator noticed the server was powered off. Which of the following should the admin...
Power managementUPSServer availabilityDisaster prevention - Question #5Server administration
Which of the following describes the installation of an OS contained entirely within another OS installation?
VirtualizationGuest OSOperating SystemsVirtual Machine - Question #6Server hardware installation and management
A server technician is installing a Windows server OS on a physical server. The specifications for the installation call for a 4TB data volume. To ensure the partition is available...
Disk partitioningGPTWindows Server installationStorage management - Question #7Server hardware installation and management
An administrator is configuring a server that will host a high-performance financial application. Which of the following disk types will serve this purpose?
Server storageSSD technologySAS interfacePerformance optimization - Question #8Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following DR testing scenarios is described as verbally walking through each step of the DR plan in the context of a meeting?
Disaster Recovery TestingTabletop ExerciseDR Plan - Question #9Server administration
When configuring networking on a VM, which of the following methods would allow multiple VMs to share the same host IP address?
VM NetworkingNATVirtualizationNetwork Configuration - Question #10Troubleshooting
A technician recently upgraded several pieces of firmware on a server. Ever since the technician rebooted the server, it no longer communicates with the network. Which of the follo...
Firmware issuesNetwork troubleshootingServer maintenanceRollback - Question #11Server administration
A server administrator has noticed that the storage utilization on a file server is growing faster than planned. The administrator wants to ensure that, in the future, there is a m...
Disk quotasStorage managementFile server administrationUser resource management - Question #12Server administration
A server administrator needs to keep a copy of an important fileshare that can be used to restore the share as quickly as possible. Which of the following is the BEST solution?
SnapshotsData RecoveryFileshare ManagementBackup Solutions - Question #13Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following can be BEST described as the amount of time a company can afford to be down during recovery from an outage?
RTODisaster RecoveryBusiness ContinuityDowntime - Question #14Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following actions should a server administrator take once a new backup scheme has been configured?
Backup validationRestore testingBackup schemeDisaster recovery best practices - Question #15Server administration
A systems administrator is performing maintenance on 12 Windows servers that are in different racks at a large datacenter. Which of the following would allow the administrator to p...
Remote administrationServer managementRemote Desktop Protocol (RDP)IP KVM - Question #16Troubleshooting
A server administrator is experiencing difficulty configuring MySQL on a Linux server. The administrator issues the getenforce command and receives the following output: ># Enforci...
SELinuxLinux administrationServer securityTroubleshooting - Question #17Server administration
Which of the following backup types only records changes to the data blocks on a virtual machine?
VirtualizationVM SnapshotsBackup typesData management - Question #18Server administration
Which of the following server types would benefit MOST from the use of a load balancer?
Load balancingServer typesNetwork servicesHigh availability - Question #19Security and disaster recovery
A company uses a hot-site, disaster-recovery model. Which of the following types of data replication is required?
Disaster RecoveryData ReplicationHot SiteReal-time Replication - Question #20Troubleshooting
A technician is unable to access a server's package repository internally or externally. Which of the following are the MOST likely reasons? (Choose two.)
Network ConnectivityTroubleshootingFirewallDefault Gateway - Question #21Server administration
A server administrator was asked to build a storage array with the highest possible capacity. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator choose?
RAID levelsStorage capacityRAID 0Data storage - Question #22Server administration
A technician needs to deploy an operating system that would optimize server resources. Which of the following server installation methods would BEST meet this requirement?
Server InstallationOS DeploymentResource OptimizationBare Metal - Question #23Security and disaster recovery
A company's IDS has identified outbound traffic from one of the web servers coming over port 389 to an outside address. This server only hosts websites. The company's SOC administr...
Server hardeningNetwork securityPort securityIDS alerts - Question #24Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following would be BEST to help protect an organization against social engineering?
Social engineeringSecurity awareness trainingHuman factor in securityCybersecurity defense - Question #25Troubleshooting
A technician is connecting a server's secondary NIC to a separate network. The technician connects the cable to the switch but then does not see any link lights on the NIC. The tec...
NIC troubleshootingServer network connectivityNetwork adapter managementLink light issues - Question #26Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following would MOST likely be part of the user authentication process when implementing SAML across multiple applications?
SAMLSSOAuthenticationFederated Identity - Question #27Security and disaster recovery
A server administrator needs to check remotely for unnecessary running services across 12 servers. Which of the following tools should the administrator use?
Port scanningNetwork securityServer hardeningService management - Question #28Security and disaster recovery
A company is building a new datacenter next to a busy parking lot. Which of the following is the BEST strategy to ensure wayward vehicle traffic does not interfere with datacenter...
Physical securityVehicle barriersDatacenter protection - Question #29Server hardware installation and management
A technician has been asked to check on a SAN. Upon arrival, the technician notices the red LED indicator shows a disk has failed. Which of the following should the technician do N...
SAN maintenancedisk replacementhot-swappable drives - Question #30Server hardware installation and management
Network connectivity to a server was lost when it was pulled from the rack during maintenance. Which of the following should the server administrator use to prevent this situation...
Cable managementServer rackPhysical installationMaintenance best practices - Question #31Security and disaster recovery
Which of the following access control methodologies can be described BEST as allowing a user the least access based on the jobs the user needs to perform?
Access ControlRole-Based Access ControlLeast PrivilegeSecurity Principles - Question #32Troubleshooting
A datacenter technician is attempting to troubleshoot a server that keeps crashing. The server runs normally for approximately five minutes, but then it crashes. After restoring th...
Server troubleshootingHardware failureThermal managementCPU overheating - Question #33Server administration
A server administrator is exporting Windows system files before patching and saving them to the following location: \\server1\ITDept\ Which of the following is a storage protocol t...
Network Storage ProtocolsCIFS/SMBFile SharingWindows Servers - Question #34Troubleshooting
A server technician has received reports of database update errors. The technician checks the server logs and determines the database is experiencing synchronization errors. To att...
NTPDatabase synchronizationTroubleshootingTime synchronization - Question #35Server administration
A technician is connecting a Linux server to a share on a NAS. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate native protocol to use for this task?
NFSNetwork File SystemsLinux File SharingStorage Protocols - Question #36Server administration
A USB drive has been purchased to move files between Windows, *nix, and Macintosh servers. Which of the following filesystems is the BEST choice to ensure the drive can read and be...
FilesystemsFAT32Cross-platform compatibilityUSB storage - Question #37Security and disaster recovery
An administrator recommends using a tower server in a small remote office. Which of the following should be added to the server to ensure continuous server operation?
UPSPower ManagementServer Availability - Question #38Troubleshooting
A systems administrator is attempting to connect via RDP to a server that is running Windows. However, the systems administrator cannot connect to the machine via RDP to reboot it...
Remote ManagementOut-of-Band ManagementServer TroubleshootingILO/iDRAC - Question #39Troubleshooting
A DHCP server is configured to issue IP addresses. Client machines have successfully obtained an IP address. However, when testing, users are unable to browse the Internet. Which o...
DHCPDNSNetwork TroubleshootingInternet Connectivity - Question #40Server hardware installation and management
A user reports that a server is not accessible. A technician sees the following message on the server: PXE server not found. Which of the following should the technician attempt FI...
PXE bootBoot sequenceBIOS/UEFI configurationServer troubleshooting - Question #41Security and disaster recovery
An administrator needs three distinct security zones in a company's network. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to implement?
FirewallsNetwork segmentationSecurity zonesLayer 3 firewall - Question #42Troubleshooting
A systems administrator is trying to run a program on the server to query the database. When attempting to launch the program, the screen flashes and the program closes. Which of t...
Application troubleshootingPermissionsSecurity blockingHIPS - Question #43Troubleshooting
An administrator has attached an old SCSI JBOD to a server to recover archival data. However, the array will not mount to the server. Which of the following should the administrato...
SCSIDriversStorage ManagementTroubleshooting - Question #44Server hardware installation and management
A system is having disk performance issues, and the administrator wants to upgrade the storage system. Which of the following would provide the fastest and MOST reliable storage?
Server storageSSDSASStorage performance - Question #45Server administration
A server administrator is gathering full datacenter inventory of all the server hardware to submit to the IT manager for next year's budget for a technology refresh project. Which...
Server lifecycle managementIT asset managementTechnology refreshEnd-of-life - Question #46Server hardware installation and management
An administrator is given two hard drives and asked to build a redundant storage solution. Which of the following RAID levels should the administrator use?
RAIDRedundant storageDisk mirroringStorage solutions - Question #47Troubleshooting
A critical server has stopped responding in a distant location where there are no remote technicians to check the condition of the server. Which of the following can assist in chec...
Remote server managementOut-of-band managementIn-band managementServer troubleshooting - Question #48Server administration
A server that has been in production for a year needs to be patched. Management enforces a strict policy to be followed on all production servers. The policy stipulates the followi...
Change ManagementServer PatchingDowntime PreventionIT Policies - Question #49Security and disaster recovery
A backup administrator has created a schedule to run a full backup on Friday and an incremental backup Monday through Thursday. On which of the following days of the week will the...
Backup typesIncremental backupFull backupArchive bit - Question #50Server administration
Which of the following is typical of software licensing in the cloud?
Cloud licensingSoftware licensingSubscription modelCloud concepts