EMT Practice Test

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Question1: A server administrator recently replaced an overheating CPU in a server at a datacenter.
Following the CPU replacement, the server logs indicate the server continues to overheat. Which of the following could help mitigate this issue?

Question2: When configuring networking on a VM, which of the following methods would allow multiple VMs to share the same host IP address?

Question3: 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?

Question4: A technician is checking a server rack. Upon entering the room, the technician notices the tans on a particular server in the rack are running at high speeds. This is the only server in the rack that is experiencing this behavior. The ambient temperature in the room appears to be normal. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason why the fans in that server are operating at full speed?

Question5: A company wants to deploy software to all users, Out very few of men will be using the software at any one point in time. Which of the following licensing models would be BEST lot the company?

Question6: Users at a remote site have reported that a regularly used server is inaccessible. The systems administrator knows users at another site also use the same server, so the administrator contacts them to see if the same issue is occurring. Which of the following troubleshooting steps is this an example of?

Question7: Which of the following server types would benefit MOST from the use of a load balancer?

Question8: A company deploys antivirus, anti-malware, and firewalls that can be assumed to be functioning properly. Which of the following is the MOST likely system vulnerability?

Question9: A server administrator is installing a new server that uses 40G0 network connectivity. The administrator needs to find the proper cables to connect the server to the switch. Which of the following connectors should the administrator use?

Question10: 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 FIRST to resolve the issue?

Question11: 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 administrator do to prevent this situation in the future?

Question12: Which of the following actions should a server administrator take once a new backup scheme has been configured?

Question13: A syslog server is configured to use UDP port 514. The administrator uses Telnet to check port
514 against the syslog server. However, the syslog server is not responding. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason why the syslog server is not responding?

Question14: Which of the following backup types only records changes to the data blocks on a virtual machine?

Question15: A server administrator is assigning an internally routable IPv6 unique local address to servers in a datacenter. Which of the following network addresses should the administrator assign to a server?

Question16: 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?

Question17: A server administrator is completing an OS installation for a new server. The administrator patches the server with the latest vendor-suggested software, configures DHCP, and verifies all network cables are properly connected in the IDF, but there is no network connectivity. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the lack of connectivity?

Question18: An administrator is investigating a physical server that will not boot into the OS. The server has three hard drives configured in a RAID 5 array. The server passes POST, but the OS does not load. The administrator verifies the CPU and RAM are both seated correctly and checks the dual power supplies. The administrator then verifies all the BIOS settings are correct and connects a bootable USB drive in the server, and the OS loads correctly. Which of the following is causing the issue?

Question19: Which of the following is a method that is used to prevent motor vehicles from getting too close to building entrances and exits?

Question20: Which of the following policies would be BEST to deter a brute-force login attack?

Question21: 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?

Question22: A user is unable to modify files on a Windows fileshare. A technician examines the system and determines the user is a member of Group A. Group A was granted full control over the files.
Which of the following is MOST likely causing the access issues?

Question23: A company deploys antivirus, anti-malware, and firewalls that can be assumed to be functioning properly. Which of the following is the MOST likely system vulnerability?

Question24: A server administrator needs to validate the integrity of all system files. Which of the following methods should the administrator use?

Question25: A systems administrator is preparing to install two servers in a single rack. The administrator is concerned that having both servers in one rack will increase the chance of power issues due to the increased load. Which of the following should the administrator implement FIRST to address the issue?

Question26: Which of the following describes the installation of an OS contained entirely within another OS installation?

Question27: A technician is configuring a server that requires secure remote access. Which of the following ports should the technician use?

Question28: An administrator is configuring a server that will host a high-performance financial application. Which of the following disk types will serve this purpose?

Question29: A technician runs report and notices utilization on one of the application servers in a round-robin pool is much lower than the others. Which of the following services should be checked FIRST to ensure the server is being fully utilized?

Question30: Due to a recent application migration, a company's current storage solution does not meet the necessary requirements tor hosting data without impacting performance when the data is accessed in real time by multiple users. Which of the following is the BEST solution for this Issue?

Question31: A server shut down after an extended power outage. When power was restored, the system failed to start. A few seconds into booting, the Num Lock, Scroll Lock, and Caps Lock LEDs flashed several times, and the system stopped. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the issue?

Question32: A server administrator is testing a disaster recovery plan. The test involves creating a downtime scenario and taking the necessary steps. Which of the following testing methods is the administrator MOST likely performing?

Question33: A server technician is configuring the IP address on a newly installed server. The documented configuration specifies using an IP address of 10.20.10.15 and a default gateway of
10.20.10.254. Which of the following subnet masks would be appropriate for this setup?

Question34: An administrator needs three distinct security zones in a company's network. Which of the following is the administrator MOST likely to implement?

Question35: A very old PC is running a critical, proprietary application in MS-DOS. Administrators are concerned about the stability of this computer. Installation media has been lost, and the vendor is out of business. Which of the following would be the BEST course of action to preserve business continuity?

Question36: Alter rack mounting a server, a technician must install four network cables and two power cables for the server. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate way to complete this task?

Question37: Which of the following can be used to map a network drive to a user profile?

Question38: 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 of the following might be the MOST likely cause?

Question39: A systems administrator is investigating a server with a RAID array that will not boot into the OS. The administrator notices all the hard drives are reporting to be offline. The administrator checks the RAID controller and verifies the configuration is correct. The administrator then replaces one of the drives with a known-good drive, but it appears to be unavailable as well. Next, the administrator takes a drive out of the server and places it in a spare server, and the drive is available and functional. Which of the following is MOST likely causing the issue?

Question40: 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?

Question41: A server administrator is selecting hardware for a new backup server. Disk capacity is the most important requirement for the server. Which of the following drive interface types BEST meets this need?

Question42: A server technician installs a new NIC on a server and configures the NIC for IP connectivity. The technician then tests the connection using the ping command. Given the following partial output of the ping and ipconfig commands:

Which of the following caused the issue?

Question43: 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 to the OS, the technician must verify the:

Question44: A recent power Outage caused email services to go down. A sever administrator also received alerts from the datacenter's UPS.
After some investigation, the server administrator learned that each POU was rated at a maximum Of 12A.
INSTRUCTIONS
Ensure power redundancy is implemented throughout each rack and UPS alarms are resolved.
Ensure the maximum potential PDU consumption does not exceed 80% or 9.6A).
a). PDU selections must be changed using the pencil icon.
b). VM Hosts 1 and 2 and Mail Relay can be moved between racks.
c). Certain devices contain additional details

Question45: A technician is troubleshooting a server issue. Which of the following should the technician do to ensure the solution can be duplicated in the future?

Question46: 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 in the future?

Question47: 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?

Question48: 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 FIRST to resolve the issue?

Question49: A company is reviewing options for its current disaster recovery plan and potential changes to it.
The security team will not allow customer data to egress to non-company equipment, and the company has requested recovery in the shortest possible time.
Which of the following will BEST meet these goals?

Question50: A company uses a hot-site, disaster-recovery model. Which of the following types of data replication is required?

Question51: A technician discovers a Linux server cannot mount an NFS share. The following error message occurs after a mount server:/test /mnt/test command: mount point /mnt/test does not exist.
Which of the following should the technician perform FIRST?

Question52: A server administrator is selecting cable for a 10GBASE-T server connection. If the server is
246ft (75m) from the switch, which of the following cable types should the administrator choose?

Question53: A server administrator needs to replace a 4U rack-mounted device. Which of the following is the BEST way to install the device to ensure proper safety measures?

Question54: A server administrator needs to configure a server on a network that will have no more than 30 available IP addresses.
Which of the following subnet addresses will be the MOST efficient for this network?

Question55: A technician is configuring a new server. After using the RAID setup program to create a new RAID array, the OS installer is not able to find storage on which to write. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason this may happen?

Question56: 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?

Question57: A server administrator needs to check remotely for unnecessary running services across 12 servers. Which of the following tools should the administrator use?

Question58: Which of the following refers to the requirements that dictate when to delete data backups?

Question59: Which of the following BEST describes the concept of right to downgrade?

Question60: A server administrator is swapping out the GPU card inside a server. Which of the following actions should the administrator take FIRST?

Question61: An administrator has been asked to verify that all traffic egressing from a company is secured.
The administrator confirms all the information that is sent over the network is encrypted. Which of the following describes the type of traffic being encrypted?

Question62: A server is reporting a hard drive S.M.A.R.T. error. When a technician checks on the drive, however, it appears that all drives in the server are functioning normally. Which of the following is the reason for this issue?

Question63: Which of the following is the MOST secure method to access servers located in remote branch offices?

Question64: Which of the following actions should a server administrator take once a new backup scheme has been configured?

Question65: A company has implemented a requirement to encrypt all the hard drives on its servers as part of a data loss prevention strategy.
Which of the following should the company also perform as a data loss prevention method?

Question66: A technician is attempting to reboot a remote physical Linux server. However, attempts to command a shutdown -----now result in the loss of the SSH connection. The server still responds to pings. Which of the following should the technician use to command a remote shutdown?

Question67: An administrator needs to perform bare-metal maintenance on a server in a remote datacenter. Which of the following should the administrator use to access the server's console?

Question68: A server administrator is swapping out the GPU card inside a server.
Which of the following actions should the administrator take FIRST?

Question69: A remote physical server is unable to communicate to the network through the available NICs, which were misconfigured. However, the server administrator is still able to configure the server remotely. Which of the following connection types is the server administrator using to access the server?

Question70: 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?

Question71: 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?

Question72: Which of the following policies would be BEST to deter a brute-force login attack?

Question73: A server administrator wants to check the open ports on a server. Which of the following commands should the administrator use to complete the task?

Question74: 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?

Question75: A server is reporting a hard drive S.M.A.R.T. error. When a technician checks on the drive, however, it appears that all drives in the server are functioning normally. Which of the following is the reason for this issue?

Question76: An administrator is wiring some Cat 5 cable into a serial cable. Which of the following wiring types should the administrator use?

Question77: Which of the following commands should a systems administrator use to create a batch script to map multiple shares?

Question78: A server administrator has run the netstat -ano command locally on a system. Upon inspection, the administrator notices a listener for port 123 is set up on the server.
Which of the following can the administrator conclude about the server role running on the system?

Question79: A systems administrator is setting up a new server that will be used as a DHCP server. The administrator installs the OS but is then unable to log on using Active Directory credentials. The administrator logs on using the local administrator account and verifies the server has the correct IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. The administrator then gets on another server and can ping the new server. Which of the following is causing the issue?

Question80: A server administrator was asked to implement a site backup solution. The backup window during regular business days is from midnight to 6:00 a.m. because end-of-cycle payroll processing will occur for the next three months. Which of the following backup methodologies would satisfy this restriction in performing short backups?

Question81: A server technician is configuring the IP address on a newly installed server. The documented configuration specifies using an IP address of 10.20.10.15 and a default gateway of 10.20.10.254. Which of the following subnet masks would be appropriate for this setup?

Question82: Which of the following would a systems administrator implement to ensure all web traffic is secure?

Question83: Due to a recent application migration, a company's current storage solution does not meet the necessary requirements tor hosting data without impacting performance when the data is accessed in real time by multiple users. Which of the following is the BEST solution for this Issue?

Question84: A server administrator needs to configure a server on a network that will have no more than 30 available IP addresses. Which of the following subnet addresses will be the MOST efficient for this network?

Question85: Which of the following describes the installation of an OS contained entirely within another OS installation?

Question86: A server in a remote datacenter is no longer responsive. Which of the following is the BEST solution to investigate this failure?

Question87: Which of the following ensures a secondary network path is available if the primary connection fails?

Question88: When grid power goes out, all servers in a rack lose power immediately. The server administrator confirms the servers have dual power supplies, which are connected to separate PDUs. Each of the PDUs is connected to a different UPS. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the problem?