Q1. Users in the accounting department report that they are unable to access a shared network drive used by all departments. Upon troubleshooting, a technician determines that three users in the marketing department, two in sales, five in human resources, and ten in IT are all successfully accessing the shared network drive. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

A. Corrupt user profiles

B. Incorrect NTFS group permissions

C. The share is unsecured

D. Excessive page filing on server

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Q2. A server administrator wants to isolate a SAN hosted LUN to be visible to only a single host. Which of the followingmethodologieswould be used to present the LUN to only that host?

A. LUN masking

B. LUN ID assignment

C. Port mapping

D. Port zoning

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Q3. Which of the following is the MOST redundant power solution?

A. Two power supplies, each hooked up to individual legs of one 3-phase circuit.

B. Two power supplies, each hooked up to the same 1-phase circuit.

C. Two power supplies, each hooked up to separate 1-phase circuits.

D. One power supply hooked up to two 1-phase circuits.

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Q4. Which of the following is a requirement for a server to allow guests to be installed on a hypervisor host?

A. Processors with multiple cores

B. Processors with available cache

C. Processors that support virtualization

D. Processors that support hyperthreading

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Q5. An administrator has been tasked with making recommendations for purchasing new disks for a low I/O file server. Keeping in mind that budget and capacity are the primary concerns, which the following disk types should the administrator recommend?

A. SATA

B. FC

C. SCSI

D. SAS

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Q6. A technician is working on a server that is experiencing network connectivity issues. The technician replaces the NIC on the server, but this does not resolve the issue. Which of the following troubleshooting steps should the technician do NEXT?

A. Establish a new theory of probable cause

B. Perform a root cause analysis

C. Document findings, actions, and outcomes

D. Identify additional changes to the server

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Q7. A server administrator is setting up a new set of hosts for an application that requires communication between all the hosts on a dedicated private subnet. Initially, the configuration consists of four hosts and is expected to grow to 48 total as the application is implemented for the entire company. When configuring the private subnet, which of the following CIDR netmasks would allow for the full number of hosts once the application is fully in production with the least number of unused addresses allocated?

A. /25 

B. /26 

C. /27 

D. /28

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Q8. A technician needs to install six blade servers. Which of the following MUST a technician install along with theblades?

A. Blade rail kits

B. Blade shelves

C. Blade enclosure

D. Blade station

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Q9. Clients cannot connect to the network. A technician determines that port 68 is not open. Which of the following protocols is being blocked?

A. POP3

B. DNS

C. LDAP

D. DHCP

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Q10. Which of the following involves finding and correcting the MOST important reason for performance issues?

A. Root cause analysis

B. Replicating the problem

C. Defining preventative action

D. Theory of probable cause

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