EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate scripting language to use for a logon script for a Linux box?

Question2: Users at a company work with highly sensitive dat
a. The security department implemented an administrative and technical control to enforce least-privilege access assigned to files. However, the security department has discovered unauthorized data exfiltration. Which of the following is the BEST way to protect the data from leaking?

Question3: A technician is trying to determine the reason why a Linux server is not communicating on a network. The returned network configuration is as follows:
eth0: flags=4163<UP, BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 127.0.0.1 network 255.255.0.0 broadcast 127.0.0.1
Which of the following BEST describes what is happening?

Question4: A technician is attempting to update a server's firmware. After inserting the media for the firmware and restarting the server, the machine starts normally into the OS. Which of the following should the technician do NEXT to install the firmware?

Question5: A technician has received multiple reports of issues with a server. The server occasionally has a BSOD, powers off unexpectedly, and has fans that run continuously. Which of the following BEST represents what the technician should investigate during troubleshooting?

Question6: Which of the following BEST describes the concept of right to downgrade?

Question7: 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 attempt to correct the errors, the technician should FIRST ensure:

Question8: 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 and apply updates. Which of the following methods should be used to access the machine and perform a reboot if the server is not physically accessible?

Question9: A technician needs to provide a VM with high availability. Which of the following actions should the technician take to complete this task as efficiently as possible?

Question10: Which of the following actions should a server administrator take once a new backup scheme has been configured?

Question11: A server technician has been asked to upload a few files from the internal web server to the internal FTP server. The technician logs in to the web server using PuTTY, but the connection to the FTP server fails. However, the FTP connection from the technician's workstation is successful. To troubleshoot the issue, the technician executes the following command on both the web server and the workstation:
ping ftp.acme.local
The IP address in the command output is different on each machine. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the connection failure?

Question12: A user cannot save large files to a directory on a Linux server that was accepting smaller files a few minutes ago. Which of the following commands should a technician use to identify the issue?

Question13: A server in a remote datacenter is no longer responsive. Which of the following is the BEST solution to investigate this failure?

Question14: A storage administrator is investigating an issue with a failed hard drive. A technician replaced the drive in the storage array; however, there is still an issue with the logical volume. Which of the following best describes the NEXT step that should be completed to restore the volume?

Question15: 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 NEXT, given the disk is hot swappable?

Question16: A server administrator is experiencing difficulty configuring MySQL on a Linux server. The administrator issues the getenforce command and receives the following output:
># Enforcing
Which of the following commands should the administrator issue to configure MySQL successfully?

Question17: A company uses a hot-site, disaster-recovery model. Which of the following types of data replication is required?

Question18: 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?

Question19: A server administrator is configuring a new server that will hold large amounts of information. The server will need to be accessed by multiple users at the same time. Which of the following server roles will the administrator MOST likely need to install?

Question20: When configuring networking on a VM, which of the following methods would allow multiple VMs to share the same host IP address?

Question21: A technician is configuring a server that requires secure remote access. Which of the following ports should the technician use?

Question22: Which of the following backup types only records changes to the data blocks on a virtual machine?

Question23: A global organization keeps personnel application servers that are local to each country. However, a security audit shows these application servers are accessible from sites in other countries. Which of the following hardening techniques should the organization use to restrict access to only sites that are in the same country?

Question24: Which of the following server types would benefit MOST from the use of a load balancer?

Question25: A server administrator has been creating new VMs one by one. The administrator notices the system requirements are very similar, even with different applications. Which of the following would help the administrator accomplish this task in the SHORTEST amount of time and meet the system requirements?

Question26: A company is running an application on a file server. A security scan reports the application has a known vulnerability. Which of the following would be the company's BEST course of action?

Question27: Which of the following would be BEST to help protect an organization against social engineering?

Question28: A server in a remote datacenter is no longer responsive. Which of the following is the BEST solution to investigate this failure?

Question29: A technician needs to install a Type 1 hypervisor on a server. The server has SD card slots, a SAS controller, and a SATA controller, and it is attached to a NAS. On which of the following drive types should the technician install the hypervisor?

Question30: A server administrator mounted a new hard disk on a Linux system with a mount point of /newdisk. It was later determined that users were unable to create directories or files on the new mount point. Which of the following commands would successfully mount the drive with the required parameters?

Question31: Which of the following would a systems administrator implement to ensure all web traffic is secure?

Question32: 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 technician confirms there is nothing wrong on the network or with the physical connection. Which of the following should the technician perform NEXT?

Question33: Which of the following documents would be useful when trying to restore IT infrastructure operations after a non-planned interruption?

Question34: Which of the following is an example of load balancing?